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type(xxx,Key.DELETE) don't delete highlighted text

Asked by David ENJOLRAS

in Notepad, enter "ThisIsaTest" and double click on it in order to get it selected

with sikuli, run type(<image of the text highlighted>,Key.DELETE)

instead of having deleted the selection, only 1 char have been removed ?

type(<image of the text highlighted>,Key.SHIFT+Key.DELETE)
is even "strange": it replace the text by a number ???

How to delete the whole highlighted text ?

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RaiMan (raimund-hocke) said : 		#1

type(<image of the text highlighted>, Key.DELETE)

would position the cursor somewhere in the middle of the text and then delete the character next to it.

To select the text, you have to simulate the respective keys, that select a text and then issue the delete:

e.g.
doubleClick(<image of the text highlighted>)
type(Key.DELETE)

or if the text is already selected simply
type(Key.DELETE)

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RaiMan (raimund-hocke) said : 		#2

Be aware:
type(someTarget, someKeys) is resolved in a sequence of

click(someTarget)
type(someKeys)

and hence resets an existing selection.

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