SikuliX

type(Shift + Down Arrow) does not work as expected

Asked by maxpundi

Hi,
I desperately read (but not understood all of them) many of related posts . . .
I'm not a programmer and just want to send Shift + Down and Enter.

Could someone be kind enough to write it as an example, so anyone reading this post later on could use your coding example as a base to elaborate.

This is what I wrote :
if exists(Image):
 click(Image)
 type(Key.DOWN, KEY_SHIFT) #and I tried many, many more combinations, without success . . .
 type(Key.ENTER)

Thank's in advance for your help.

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RaiMan (raimund-hocke) said : 		#1

it is correct.

I guess it does not happen what you expect. Might be a timing problem:

After the click your target app needs some time to prepare for keyboard input acceptance - the type comes too fast.

Try this:

if exists(Image):
 click(Image)
 wait(1) # or even longer
 type(Key.DOWN, KEY_SHIFT) #and I tried many, many more combinations, without success . . .
 type(Key.ENTER)

After you get it working, you might reduce the waitiing time to the minimum needed - if necessary for speed ;-)

Timing problems in the combination of mouse and keyboard actions is one of the most overseen challenges with Sikuli.

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maxpundi (nulcihc) said : 		#2

Hi RaiMan,
Thank you for your very fast answer.
;-)
It is a monthly login for social help.
As I did the whole routine by hand, not expecting such a fast answer, I'll have to wait until next month to retest and modify it.
I'll follow up next month tho.
Many thanks and All the Best.

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