Auto Clicker Auto Fill v5.0.5
@Dharmesh-Hemaram
April 22, 2026
What’s New in v5.0.5
Version 5 is the biggest structural leap since the extension moved to its current options‑page model. The headline is a complete redesign of the automation configuration screen, but the release also ships first‑class positional targeting, automatic pre‑migration snapshots, and a raft of quality improvements that make everyday automation building more reliable.
Redesigned Automation Configuration Page
The configuration page has been rebuilt from the ground up. Every interaction is now inline and context‑aware instead of relying on separate modal dialogs.
Inline name editing — click the automation name field directly to rename it in place. No extra steps, no panel to open.
Consolidated action menu — a single dropdown next to the name exposes every operation you need:
| Action | What it does |
|---|---|
| Edit | Expand the inline URL and Wait Before Start editor |
| Export | Download the automation as JSON |
| Schedule | Set when it should run automatically |
| Loop | Configure repeat count and interval |
| Monitor | Watch for new page content and re‑run matching steps |
| Duplicate | Clone the automation |
| Disable | Pause without deleting |
| Remove | Delete permanently |
Inline URL editing — clicking the URL field or choosing Edit expands a section right inside the row. Edit the URL and Wait Before Start, then hit Save or Cancel without leaving the screen.
Icon tooltips — status icons for Wait, Schedule, Monitor, and Loop now show labelled tooltips on hover so you always know at a glance what is configured.
Enable toggle — flip the automation on or off directly from the row, no menu required.
Position‑Based Element Finder
Steps can now target an element by its visual position on the page using Position::x,y.
- Useful when no good XPath, ID, or class exists — for example, canvas‑rendered apps or overlapping layers.
- Right‑click context menu support makes it easy to copy a position from the recording wizard.
- Combine with Page Guard to guard against layout shifts before acting.
Automatic Migration Backup
Every time the extension applies a storage schema update, it now saves a local snapshot of your data before the migration runs.
Go to Settings → Migration Backup to:
- Browse available snapshots and inspect their JSON.
- Download a snapshot as a file for off‑device archiving.
- Restore a snapshot to roll back if something went wrong.
- Delete snapshots you no longer need.
The extension keeps the most recent snapshots and rotates older ones automatically.
Page Guard: Browser Function Evaluation
Page Guard gained a Func:: prefix that lets you evaluate any JavaScript expression instead of reading a DOM element.
Func::new Date().getHours() → current hour (0–23)
Func::location.href → current page URL
Use this to run steps only between certain hours, only on specific URL patterns, or based on any in‑browser value — without shipping a separate userscript.
Only use
Func::expressions you wrote yourself or fully understand.
Cloud Backup via Google Drive
Settings now includes a Cloud Backup panel backed by Google Drive’s App Data folder.
- The App Data scope is private to the extension — it does not touch the rest of your Drive.
- Set automatic backups to run Daily, Weekly, or Monthly, or trigger one immediately with Backup Now.
- Restore replaces your current local automations and settings with the latest Drive snapshot.
Interval Range for Steps
Step delays and batch‑processing intervals now support a range in addition to a fixed value. Click the range button on any delay or interval field to set a minimum and maximum — the extension picks a random value in that range each time it runs. This reduces bot‑detection signatures on pages that inspect timing patterns.
Monitor Improvements
The Monitor panel (previously called Watch) received a full configuration overhaul:
| Setting | What it controls |
|---|---|
| Debounce | Delay before processing new elements (100–5000 ms, default 500 ms) |
| Monitor Root | CSS selector to scope what the observer watches (default body) |
| Monitor Attributes | Comma‑separated attributes to watch in addition to child changes |
| Timeout | Maximum observer lifetime (1–180 minutes, default 30 minutes) |
| Stop on URL Change | Automatically halt the observer when the page address changes |
Settings Additions
Additional Settings consolidates three options that were previously scattered:
- Search Inside Embedded Pages — look inside
<iframe>elements before falling back to the main document. - Refresh Page on Error — reload automatically if the extension context is invalidated (e.g. after an extension update).
- Status Bar — choose the corner where the status bar appears, or hide it entirely.
Under the Hood
- Vite + Nx powers the options‑page build, reducing cold build and incremental rebuild times.
- Playwright E2E tests now cover the settings, automations list, and core configuration flows, giving the project a regression safety net for the first time.
- Language preference persistence — your selected language is now saved to local storage and restored on next open.
- Bootstrap Icons served via CDN — smaller initial bundle.
Why v5?
The move to a major version reflects the depth of this release: a rewritten configuration screen, a new element‑targeting strategy, automatic data‑safety backstops (migration backup and cloud sync), and a test layer that keeps future changes from quietly breaking things. If you’ve been on 4.x for a while, this is the update worth switching for.
Questions or issues with the new configuration screen? Open a discussion and we’ll help you out.