Hello all. Goal: Drag a window to the left using XMove (using Spotify window as a test)
Problem: The cursor moves to the correct beginning spot, brings the window into focus, and moves to the correct ending spot, but does not drag the window along with it.
Attempts to troubleshoot: I’ve watched this video and attempted to completely copy the lines in the video to do a simple test on my laptop.
I’ve tried clicking the beginning spot with my mouse and dragging normally and it works, but the automation can’t do it. I’d love any help with this problem!
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Sorry it seems that this software installs malware onto your computer. I’m sure the admins can help me without screen capture as this is a very simply explained problem
You explained the problem well. But the issue is, drag and drop works fine in my test. So something goes wrong on your PC, and I am not sure what.
Just to clarify: You tested with the Spotify window. Do you see the same issue with other software? Can you test with Notepad.exe? I just want to rule out that is a Spotify specific issue.
Okay it does work with Notepad thanks! Any idea why it might now work with a spotify window?
Also, a side problem that has been making this more frustrating: I have a standard 13" Dell laptop but my DPI has randomly changed to 160 from 96 and will not change back. I believe this might be why I am having a ton of trouble getting UI.Vision to recognize images, way more than I used to.
Also I didn’t change the scaling before it moved to 160. Once I realized that it did, I tried to move it lower but the lowest it could go was 107 dpi and it was honestly hard to see anything. I’ve also uninstalled and reinstalled the extension and restarted my computer more times than I can count haha
I confirmed the issue, see the screen video below. At this point I assume that Spotify has some “anti-automation” code inside that prevents the RPA software to control the mouse.
Is Spotify the app that you want automate, or is it just a test case? If you want to automate Spotify, you could connect to your PC with an app like Anydesk, Teamviewer or RDP, and then run the RPA software on the “other” machine (the one where Spotify is not running). The RPA software then automates everything via the remote access. This is similar to how you can use UI Vision to automate apps on Android and iPhone.
Dear @admin, I have a very similar issue and I am using MacOS Mojave. I’m unable to xmove anything on the desktop like shortcut icon or a folder (The cursor moves to the correct beginning spot, brings the window into focus, and moves to the correct ending spot, but does not drag the window along with it.) However, xclick works fine without any issue. I have also allowed kantu-xy-host to control my computer. Could you assist please? Thanks!