methods click() and click_input() do the same thing

[anerold]

Expected Behavior

click() should send WM_* messages to the control and click_input() should simulate HW action. As stated in the documentation:

https://pywinauto.readthedocs.io/en/latest/code/pywinauto.base_wrapper.html#pywinauto.base_wrapper.BaseWrapper.click_input

https://pywinauto.readthedocs.io/en/latest/code/pywinauto.controls.hwndwrapper.html#pywinauto.controls.hwndwrapper.HwndWrapper.click

Actual Behavior

in the backgroud they both call mouse._perform_click_input(). So in the end they both do the same

Steps to Reproduce the Problem

1. just locate any clickable element (e.g. button) in the App
2. element.click_input()
3. mouse.click(coords=(x, y))
4. both 2. and 3. will have same result

Short Example of Code to Demonstrate the Problem

import pywinauto.mouse as mouse
from pywinauto.application import Application

app = Application(backend="uia").start("notepad.exe")
elem = app.window().child_window(title='File', control_type='MenuItem')
elem.click_input()
# or
coo = elem.rectangle().mid_point()
mouse.click(coords=(coo.x, coo.y))

Specifications

• Pywinauto version: pywinauto==0.6.8
• Python version and bitness: 3.11 64-bit
• Platform and OS: Windows 10 x64