key input 'Enter'

the docs would have told you:

type(Key.ENTER)

or

in many cases this works too:

type("\n")

Thanks,
What about Space key?

look: http://sikuli.org/docx/keys.html

Hi,
Thanks for the information. if i use key.BACKSPACE in my script, it was giving error saying 'key' is not defined. i also tried with keyModifier.BACKSPACE, observing the same error.

type("\n") didnt work out. I want to pass Key inputs like Enter key and space key. please guide me to do that, from Sikuli documentation is not so clear.

Hi Satyamoorthy,

Use Key.BACKSPACE instead of key.BACKSPACE..... (K of Key must be in CAPS)

and try

paste("\n")

instead of

type("\n")

sikuli sometimes cause problems with special characters with type but paste is much more better...

Caps 'K' worked..
Thanks

Friends,
Nothing works. :(
my actual cases is , want to press Enter and Space keys on the screen during the Automation. Key.Enter and "\n" didnt worked

Its definitely hard, to hold you on the road ;-)

The general rule is:
Key.KEYTOPRESSINUPPERCASE

where Key is the class name, that contains defined key constants in uppercase.

So Key.Enter is either a typo (but should not happen in this case here), or you did not obey the above rule.

so:
type(Key.ENTER)

... and this can really be taken from the docs.

If you did it this way, then you have to take care, that the GUI element that should accept the Key.ENTER is the frontmost in that moment and ready (might need a wait(1) before).

And another possibility, that is not really clear:
should ENTER and SPACE be pressed together.
If yes, this is not possible with type() - use keyDown()/keyUp() (see docs) in this case.

Thanks RaiMan for details. I think my application causes problem. Key.ENTER works sometime and didnot some time.

Thanks for your help . I am closing this question