Keystrokes to App Element

The Keystrokes to App Element emulates keyboard inputs that can be sent to an App Element. In contrast to “Set Text To App Element”, control keys such as “Alt”, “Ctrl”, and “Shift” can also be sent to the element.

All the keyboard inputs are played back in sequence, which means if the sequence contains control keys that change the element in an app (such as “Tab”), the subsequent keystrokes might be sent to the element of the new focus.

Properties

Keystroke Settings
- Keystrokes
  
  The keystrokes to send to the element. The input text is interpreted as AutoIT language. The specific AutoIT buttons can be inserted using Insert Special Character and Insert Macro. Like in the Set Text To App Element Action Step, you can use Insert Script Variable and Insert Environment Variable to insert placeholders that are replaced at runtime. The behavior here is identical to that in the Keystrokes Action Step.

Inbound Variables

Keystrokes
XPath to Element
Window Title

Outbound Variables

The Keystrokes to App Element Action Step does not have any outbound variables.

Wizard

See Common Properties (App Automation) for a description of the common properties.

See Inserting Text Modules for additional information about environment variables and script variables.