playwright_click
Automate browser interactions by clicking elements using CSS selectors with Playwright on the MCP Browser Automation Server.
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:175-197 (handler)The handler implementation for the 'playwright_click' tool. It uses Playwright's page.click to click the element specified by the CSS selector and returns success or error messages.
case "playwright_click": try { await page!.click(args.selector); return { toolResult: { content: [{ type: "text", text: `Clicked: ${args.selector}`, }], isError: false, }, }; } catch (error) { return { toolResult: { content: [{ type: "text", text: `Failed to click ${args.selector}: ${(error as Error).message}`, }], isError: true, }, }; } - src/tools.ts:33-43 (schema)The tool schema definition including name, description, and input schema requiring a 'selector' parameter.
{ 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:152-160 (helper)Array listing browser-requiring tools, including 'playwright_click', used to conditionally launch the browser before executing browser-interacting tools.
export const BROWSER_TOOLS = [ "playwright_navigate", "playwright_screenshot", "playwright_click", "playwright_fill", "playwright_select", "playwright_hover", "playwright_evaluate" ];