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**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [November 28, 2008, 11:52am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/webrat-click-on-any-named-html-element/154371 "2008-11-28T11:52:43Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:**  [@clemens](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/clemens)\
**Post date:** [November 28, 2008, 11:52am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/webrat-click-on-any-named-html-element/154371/1 "2008-11-28T11:52:43Z")
can I simulate with webrat a click on any named html element? E.g. on
a
element?
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**Author:**  [@clemens](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/clemens)\
**Post date:** [November 28, 2008, 9:45pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/webrat-click-on-any-named-html-element/154371/2 "2008-11-28T21:45:43Z")
Webrat only supports clicking on links and buttons when running as a
browser simulator (without Selenium). Without JavaScript, there’s no
way to know what clicking anything else would do, so there’s not a
reason to support it.
Also, there’s now a dedicated Webrat mailing list at:
[http://groups.google.com/group/webrat](http://groups.google.com/group/webrat)
Cheers,
-Bryan
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**Author:**  [@clemens](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/clemens)\
**Post date:** [December 1, 2008, 5:16pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/webrat-click-on-any-named-html-element/154371/3 "2008-12-01T17:16:56Z")
Bryan H. wrote:
> Webrat only supports clicking on links and buttons when running as a
> browser simulator (without Selenium). Without JavaScript, there’s no
> way to know what clicking anything else would do, so there’s not a
> reason to support it.
> I agree
> Also, there’s now a dedicated Webrat mailing list at:
>
> [http://groups.google.com/group/webrat](http://groups.google.com/group/webrat)
> thanks