AutoClick - The Automatic Link Clicker

May 15, 2007 9:54am

pandaking User

In my opinion for a very useful script which I am certainly in the need for and I think many others could make great use for. I am not sure if it would be better as a firefox extension or a script for the beloved greasemonkey, but I am not an expert here.

The idea
Links that you click a lot can be remembered, and when found on a page they get automatically clicked.

So for instance, after you make a post on a forum you need to click continue on the confirmation message. If you do this a lot, you could right click the link and select AutoClick
Next time a page loaded with that continue button it would automatically click it and take you to the next page.

I personally really want it for managing banning users on a phpbb forum where I am constantly clicking "back to ban control" after banning someone.
But as you can see there are numerous possibilities why someone might want this.

Just my idea...comments?

May 16, 2007 12:29pm

pandaking User

Anyone? It really would be awesome.

Like on natwest.com - everytime I go to it I click "log in", would be so nice not to have too...

May 16, 2007 12:36pm

znerp Scriptwright

If you're looking for something simple like that, it might be easier to just write specific scripts yourself to do redirects and to tick boxes etc., eg.

// @include        http://www.natwest.com/
location.replace("http://www.natwest.com/redirects/onlinebanking/index.asp");

.. for the example you've indicated in your post.

May 21, 2007 8:09pm

pandaking User

Thanks for that, I will give it a go :)

All the same, if someone made this script, it would be one which is well used.

May 21, 2007 8:15pm

znerp Scriptwright

I don't know quite how possible it would be to actually make this into a script, as I don't think javascript can add menu items. Sounds more like it should be a firefox extension.

May 22, 2007 11:23am

leroy Scriptwright

I don't think it will work good..

if you go on a forum verry often to one topic, than after a while you can't see the rest of the forum anymore!!

gr. leroy

May 23, 2007 12:38am

pandaking User

No leroy, you could - unless you had specifically specified by a menu for that link to be clicked.
I am saying you need to right click a link and set it to be auto-clicked for it to run.

Also, you can always just right click the little greasemonkey icon and turn off autoclick for a bit.

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May 15, 2007 9:54am pandaking User	In my opinion for a very useful script which I am certainly in the need for and I think many others could make great use for. I am not sure if it would be better as a firefox extension or a script for the beloved greasemonkey, but I am not an expert here. The idea Links that you click a lot can be remembered, and when found on a page they get automatically clicked. So for instance, after you make a post on a forum you need to click continue on the confirmation message. If you do this a lot, you could right click the link and select AutoClick Next time a page loaded with that continue button it would automatically click it and take you to the next page. I personally really want it for managing banning users on a phpbb forum where I am constantly clicking "back to ban control" after banning someone. But as you can see there are numerous possibilities why someone might want this. Just my idea...comments?

May 16, 2007 12:29pm pandaking User	Anyone? It really would be awesome. Like on natwest.com - everytime I go to it I click "log in", would be so nice not to have too...

May 16, 2007 12:36pm znerp Scriptwright	If you're looking for something simple like that, it might be easier to just write specific scripts yourself to do redirects and to tick boxes etc., eg. // @include http://www.natwest.com/ location.replace("http://www.natwest.com/redirects/onlinebanking/index.asp"); .. for the example you've indicated in your post.

May 21, 2007 8:09pm pandaking User	Thanks for that, I will give it a go :) All the same, if someone made this script, it would be one which is well used.

May 21, 2007 8:15pm znerp Scriptwright	I don't know quite how possible it would be to actually make this into a script, as I don't think javascript can add menu items. Sounds more like it should be a firefox extension.

May 22, 2007 11:23am leroy Scriptwright	I don't think it will work good.. if you go on a forum verry often to one topic, than after a while you can't see the rest of the forum anymore!! gr. leroy

May 23, 2007 12:38am pandaking User	No leroy, you could - unless you had specifically specified by a menu for that link to be clicked. I am saying you need to right click a link and set it to be auto-clicked for it to run. Also, you can always just right click the little greasemonkey icon and turn off autoclick for a bit.