How to perform a right-click in a Browser Clickpath Synthetic Monitor

HannahM — Tue, 04 Nov 2025 12:07:55 GMT

Summary

Sometimes a simple click is not sufficient, and a right-click is needed. This can be achieved through a JavaScript Event.

How to perform a right-click in a Browser Clickpath Synthetic Monitor

Go to the relevant page in a Chrome browser.
Right-click on the element you want to interact with on the page and select 'Inspect'. The element will then be shown in Developer Tools.
Right-click on the element in the Web Developer Tools -> Copy -> Copy JS path.
Paste the JS path in the value below the element.

function rightClick(element){ var evt = element.ownerDocument.createEvent('MouseEvents'); var RIGHT_CLICK_BUTTON_CODE = 2; // the same for FF and IE evt.initMouseEvent('click', true, true, element.ownerDocument.defaultView, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, false, false, false, false, RIGHT_CLICK_BUTTON_CODE, null); return !element.dispatchEvent(evt); } var element = document.querySelector('button[id="testid"]'); //Replace with the element which you want to right-click. rightClick(element);
Add a new event to the monitor, where you need to right-click and paste in the updated snippet above.

What's Next

If the previous steps don't resolve the issue, open a chat and provide a link to the monitor, along with the troubleshooting steps you have already completed.

You can find further troubleshooting tips for Synthetic in the Synthetic Troubleshooting Map

Re: How to perform a right-click in a Browser Clickpath Synthetic Monitor

ChadTurner — Wed, 03 Jan 2024 12:44:02 GMT

Thanks for sharing!

Re: How to perform a right-click in a Browser Clickpath Synthetic Monitor

mwater07 — Mon, 01 Jul 2024 20:18:55 GMT

Hello ,

I have tried to implement that but I am getting the below error once i have playback the record.

Playback error: Exception was thrown by the JavaScript code: Cannot read properties of null (reading 'ownerDocument')

Is there any recomendation to overcome this issue?

Thank you

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How to perform a right-click in a Browser Clickpath Synthetic Monitor

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