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iMacros FF: How to de-select text after EVENT TYPE=KEYPRESS ctrl+a?

I am trying to de-select previosly selected text (select nothing) after having selected and copied it with Keypress events:

EVENT TYPE=KEYPRESS CHAR="a" MODIFIERS="ctrl"
EVENT TYPE=KEYPRESS CHAR="c" MODIFIERS="ctrl"

I have already tried using the CLICK and DBLCLICK events on random elements of the page, also using alternative mouse buttons (1,2) e.g.:

EVENT TYPE=CLICK SELECTOR="HTML>BODY>TABLE>TBODY>TR>TD>TABLE:nth-of-type(4)>TBODY>TR>TD:nth-of-type(3)>TABLE>TBODY>TR:nth-of-type(4)>TD>TABLE:nth-of-type(2)>TBODY>TR:nth-of-type(5)>TD>TABLE>TBODY>TR>TD:nth-of-type(2)" BUTTON=0

and also using XPATH instead:

EVENT TYPE=CLICK XPATH="/html/body/table/tbody/tr/td[1]/table[4]/tbody/tr[1]/td[3]/table/tbody/tr[4]/td/table[2]/tbody/tr[1]/td/table/tbody/tr/td[1]/strong" BUTTON=0

In both cases the targeted elements are marked but nothing else happens. The target is a simple html document structured by tables containing mostly text.

I also tried to use CLICK with point coordinates: CLICK X=784 Y=166

And, as suggested in other questions, to use a short delay before the event: WAIT SECONDS=1

Please note, that the first event (EVENT TYPE=KEYPRESS CHAR="a" MODIFIERS="ctrl") works flawlessly.

Edit: The version of iMacros for Firefox I was using, was 9.03, the accepted solution works only up to 8.97.

Solution

  • If there are no input elements on the webpage, let's append one:

    EVENT TYPE=KEYPRESS CHAR="a" MODIFIERS="ctrl"
EVENT TYPE=KEYPRESS CHAR="c" MODIFIERS="ctrl"
WAIT SECONDS=1

URL GOTO=javascript:(function(){var<SP>t=document.createElement("input");t.setAttribute("id","tempInput");document.body.appendChild(t);})();
EVENT TYPE=CLICK SELECTOR="#tempInput" BUTTON=0
URL GOTO=javascript:(function(){var<SP>t=document.querySelector("#tempInput");document.body.removeChild(t);})();

    Obviously, this solution is far from ideal but it does its work (except 'iMacros for Firefox' v.9.0.3).