Visualize / Show mouse cursor position in selenium 2 tests (for example PHPUnit Webdriver)
Here is @JordanW's answer but without JQuery:
function enableCursor() { var seleniumFollowerImg = document.createElement("img"); seleniumFollowerImg.setAttribute('src', 'data:image/png;base64,' + 'iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAABQAAAAeCAQAAACGG/bgAAAAAmJLR0QA/4ePzL8AAAAJcEhZcwAA' + 'HsYAAB7GAZEt8iwAAAAHdElNRQfgAwgMIwdxU/i7AAABZklEQVQ4y43TsU4UURSH8W+XmYwkS2I0' + '9CRKpKGhsvIJjG9giQmliHFZlkUIGnEF7KTiCagpsYHWhoTQaiUUxLixYZb5KAAZZhbunu7O/PKf' + 'e+fcA+/pqwb4DuximEqXhT4iI8dMpBWEsWsuGYdpZFttiLSSgTvhZ1W/SvfO1CvYdV1kPghV68a3' + '0zzUWZH5pBqEui7dnqlFmLoq0gxC1XfGZdoLal2kea8ahLoqKXNAJQBT2yJzwUTVt0bS6ANqy1ga' + 'VCEq/oVTtjji4hQVhhnlYBH4WIJV9vlkXLm+10R8oJb79Jl1j9UdazJRGpkrmNkSF9SOz2T71s7M' + 'SIfD2lmmfjGSRz3hK8l4w1P+bah/HJLN0sys2JSMZQB+jKo6KSc8vLlLn5ikzF4268Wg2+pPOWW6' + 'ONcpr3PrXy9VfS473M/D7H+TLmrqsXtOGctvxvMv2oVNP+Av0uHbzbxyJaywyUjx8TlnPY2YxqkD' + 'dAAAAABJRU5ErkJggg=='); seleniumFollowerImg.setAttribute('id', 'selenium_mouse_follower'); seleniumFollowerImg.setAttribute('style', 'position: absolute; z-index: 99999999999; pointer-events: none; left:0; top:0'); document.body.appendChild(seleniumFollowerImg); document.onmousemove = function (e) { document.getElementById("selenium_mouse_follower").style.left = e.pageX + 'px'; document.getElementById("selenium_mouse_follower").style.top = e.pageY + 'px'; };};enableCursor();Disclaimer: Only tested on Chrome
Execute a javascript after each page load which enabled the mouse cursor display.
/** * Enable mouse cursor display */ protected function enableCursor() { $this->execute(array('script' => <<<EOF var seleniumFollowerImg=document.createElement("img"); seleniumFollowerImg.setAttribute('src', 'data:image/png;base64,' + 'iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAABQAAAAeCAQAAACGG/bgAAAAAmJLR0QA/4ePzL8AAAAJcEhZcwAA' + 'HsYAAB7GAZEt8iwAAAAHdElNRQfgAwgMIwdxU/i7AAABZklEQVQ4y43TsU4UURSH8W+XmYwkS2I0' + '9CRKpKGhsvIJjG9giQmliHFZlkUIGnEF7KTiCagpsYHWhoTQaiUUxLixYZb5KAAZZhbunu7O/PKf' + 'e+fcA+/pqwb4DuximEqXhT4iI8dMpBWEsWsuGYdpZFttiLSSgTvhZ1W/SvfO1CvYdV1kPghV68a3' + '0zzUWZH5pBqEui7dnqlFmLoq0gxC1XfGZdoLal2kea8ahLoqKXNAJQBT2yJzwUTVt0bS6ANqy1ga' + 'VCEq/oVTtjji4hQVhhnlYBH4WIJV9vlkXLm+10R8oJb79Jl1j9UdazJRGpkrmNkSF9SOz2T71s7M' + 'SIfD2lmmfjGSRz3hK8l4w1P+bah/HJLN0sys2JSMZQB+jKo6KSc8vLlLn5ikzF4268Wg2+pPOWW6' + 'ONcpr3PrXy9VfS473M/D7H+TLmrqsXtOGctvxvMv2oVNP+Av0uHbzbxyJaywyUjx8TlnPY2YxqkD' + 'dAAAAABJRU5ErkJggg=='); seleniumFollowerImg.setAttribute('id', 'selenium_mouse_follower'); seleniumFollowerImg.setAttribute('style', 'position: absolute; z-index: 99999999999; pointer-events: none;'); document.body.appendChild(seleniumFollowerImg);jQuery(document).mousemove(function(e){ jQuery("#selenium_mouse_follower").stop().animate({left:e.pageX, top:e.pageY});});EOF , 'args' => array())); }This depends on JQuery beeing loaded in the target page - another solution , without the fancy animation, is also possible.
Taking Alex's anwser I found it easier to put his Javascipt straight into my page. Here's the code I ended up with. Thanks for your help.
function enableCursor(){ var seleniumFollowerImg=document.createElement("img"); seleniumFollowerImg.setAttribute('src', 'data:image/png;base64,' + 'iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAABQAAAAeCAQAAACGG/bgAAAAAmJLR0QA/4ePzL8AAAAJcEhZcwAA' + 'HsYAAB7GAZEt8iwAAAAHdElNRQfgAwgMIwdxU/i7AAABZklEQVQ4y43TsU4UURSH8W+XmYwkS2I0' + '9CRKpKGhsvIJjG9giQmliHFZlkUIGnEF7KTiCagpsYHWhoTQaiUUxLixYZb5KAAZZhbunu7O/PKf' + 'e+fcA+/pqwb4DuximEqXhT4iI8dMpBWEsWsuGYdpZFttiLSSgTvhZ1W/SvfO1CvYdV1kPghV68a3' + '0zzUWZH5pBqEui7dnqlFmLoq0gxC1XfGZdoLal2kea8ahLoqKXNAJQBT2yJzwUTVt0bS6ANqy1ga' + 'VCEq/oVTtjji4hQVhhnlYBH4WIJV9vlkXLm+10R8oJb79Jl1j9UdazJRGpkrmNkSF9SOz2T71s7M' + 'SIfD2lmmfjGSRz3hK8l4w1P+bah/HJLN0sys2JSMZQB+jKo6KSc8vLlLn5ikzF4268Wg2+pPOWW6' + 'ONcpr3PrXy9VfS473M/D7H+TLmrqsXtOGctvxvMv2oVNP+Av0uHbzbxyJaywyUjx8TlnPY2YxqkD' + 'dAAAAABJRU5ErkJggg=='); seleniumFollowerImg.setAttribute('id', 'selenium_mouse_follower'); seleniumFollowerImg.setAttribute('style', 'position: absolute; z-index: 99999999999; pointer-events: none;'); document.body.appendChild(seleniumFollowerImg); jQuery(document).mousemove(function(e){ jQuery("#selenium_mouse_follower").css('left', e.pageX); jQuery("#selenium_mouse_follower").css('top', e.pageY); });};