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Claude in Chrome misses clicks due to two root causes
A developer who runs 600+ web tools found that Claude's browser automation clicks miss targets because the window width settles late, causing coordinate drift. After page load, innerWidth can take 2-3 seconds to reach true width, making clicks land right of targets. Additionally, the double_click action can fire too slowly, being interpreted as two single clicks.
Meridian48 take
The fix is straightforward—wait for viewport stabilization—but the fact that this isn't handled by default highlights gaps in AI-driven browser automation reliability.
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Claude in Chrome keeps missing clicks. I measured why — there are exactly two causes. →
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