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View the mouse pointer position in Selenium Nightwatch. Execute this code when the page loads or in the javascript console. See https://stackoverflow.com/a/35867777
// Create mouse following image.
var seleniumFollowerImg = document.createElement("img");
// Set image properties.
seleniumFollowerImg.setAttribute('src', 'data:image/png;base64,'
+ 'iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAABQAAAAeCAQAAACGG/bgAAAAAmJLR0QA/4ePzL8AAAAJcEhZcwAA'
+ 'HsYAAB7GAZEt8iwAAAAHdElNRQfgAwgMIwdxU/i7AAABZklEQVQ4y43TsU4UURSH8W+XmYwkS2I0'
+ '9CRKpKGhsvIJjG9giQmliHFZlkUIGnEF7KTiCagpsYHWhoTQaiUUxLixYZb5KAAZZhbunu7O/PKf'
+ 'e+fcA+/pqwb4DuximEqXhT4iI8dMpBWEsWsuGYdpZFttiLSSgTvhZ1W/SvfO1CvYdV1kPghV68a3'
+ '0zzUWZH5pBqEui7dnqlFmLoq0gxC1XfGZdoLal2kea8ahLoqKXNAJQBT2yJzwUTVt0bS6ANqy1ga'
+ 'VCEq/oVTtjji4hQVhhnlYBH4WIJV9vlkXLm+10R8oJb79Jl1j9UdazJRGpkrmNkSF9SOz2T71s7M'
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+ 'ONcpr3PrXy9VfS473M/D7H+TLmrqsXtOGctvxvMv2oVNP+Av0uHbzbxyJaywyUjx8TlnPY2YxqkD'
+ 'dAAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==');
seleniumFollowerImg.setAttribute('id', 'selenium_mouse_follower');
seleniumFollowerImg.setAttribute('style', 'position: absolute; z-index: 99999999999; pointer-events: none;');
// Add mouse follower to the web page.
document.body.appendChild(seleniumFollowerImg);
// Track mouse movements and re-position the mouse follower.
$(document).mousemove(function(e) {
$("#selenium_mouse_follower").css({ left: e.pageX, top: e.pageY });
});
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