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Dealing with Double Clicks in Playwright Test Recording

You might have noticed that sometimes Playwright registers single clicks as double clicks when recording tests. This can be due to various factors like the timing of the click action or the sensitivity of the mouse. But don't worry, there's a way to handle this.

Playwright provides a force option that you can use to disable non-essential actionability checks. Here's how you can use it:

await page.click(selector, { force: true });

With this, Playwright won't check if the target element actually receives click events. It's a handy trick when you want to simulate a single click without triggering any additional actions or event listeners associated with double-click behavior.

But remember, use this judiciously. It's generally better to rely on Playwright's default behavior of performing thorough actionability checks for more accurate and reliable test recordings.

So, next time you find single clicks being registered as double clicks during test recording with Playwright, just use the force option with the page.click() method. This will let you simulate a single click without triggering any additional actions or event listeners associated with double-click behavior.

For more tips and tricks on mastering Playwright, check out our blog post: Mastering Playwright: Best Practices for Web Automation with the Page Object Model.