playwright_click
Click webpage elements using CSS selectors for browser automation tasks with Playwright and Chrome DevTools Protocol.
Instructions
Click an element on the page
Input Schema
TableJSON Schema
| Name | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| selector | Yes | CSS selector for element to click |
Implementation Reference
- src/toolsHandler.ts:188-206 (handler)The handler case for 'playwright_click' in the main tool handling switch statement. It uses Playwright's page.click to click the specified selector and returns success or error message.case "playwright_click": try { await page!.click(args.selector); return { content: [{ type: "text", text: `Clicked: ${args.selector}`, }], isError: false, }; } catch (error) { return { content: [{ type: "text", text: `Failed to click ${args.selector}: ${(error as Error).message}`, }], isError: true, }; }
- src/tools.ts:37-47 (schema)The tool definition including name, description, and input schema for 'playwright_click' in the createToolDefinitions function.{ name: "playwright_click", description: "Click an element on the page", inputSchema: { type: "object", properties: { selector: { type: "string", description: "CSS selector for element to click" }, }, required: ["selector"], }, },
- src/tools.ts:156-164 (registration)'playwright_click' is registered in the BROWSER_TOOLS array, used to conditionally launch the browser before handling browser-interacting tools.export const BROWSER_TOOLS = [ "playwright_navigate", "playwright_screenshot", "playwright_click", "playwright_fill", "playwright_select", "playwright_hover", "playwright_evaluate" ];