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• Pratyush_Tyto Members

  August 2013 edited August 2013

  Hi kag,
  Simulating ENTER keypress using _keypress doesn't seem to work.
  Although, please have a look at an alternate way for ENTER keypress event.
  Please have a look at the following link.

  http://sahi.co.in/w/_setfile
  

  It should sovle your problem.
  If you still have doubts though, please let me know.
  
  Regards.
• kag Members

  August 2013

  Hi Pratyush_Tyto,
  
  I looked at _setfile(2), and am not sure how to use it as I am not uploading a file. Here is what I would like to do:
  1. Enter a search term in a search box (has no search button)
  2. Hit enter to perform the search.
• Pratyush_Tyto Members

  August 2013

  Hi kag,
  I think there has been a misunderstanding. I will make it more clear for you.
  The following line of code in the script on the above link is what is needed to simulate the ENTER keypress event.

  _sahi._typeKeyCodeNative(java.awt.event.KeyEvent.VK_ENTER);
  

  
  However this function isn't defined in Sahi OS so you'll need to add the following functions as well in your script:

  _sahi.robot = new java.awt.Robot();  
  Sahi.prototype._typeNative = function(str){
  	for (var i=0; i<str.length; i++){
  		var c = str.charAt(i);
  		var keyCode = str.charCodeAt(i);
  		var shiftKey = false;
  		switch (c){
  			case ":":{
  				shiftKey = true;
  				keyCode = java.awt.event.KeyEvent.VK_SEMICOLON;
  				break;
  			}
  			case "\\":{
  				keyCode = java.awt.event.KeyEvent.VK_BACK_SLASH;
  				break;
  			}
  			case "_":{
  				shiftKey = true;
  				keyCode = java.awt.event.KeyEvent.VK_MINUS;
  				break;
  			}
  		}
  		if ((keyCode >= 97 && keyCode <= 122) || (keyCode >= 65 && keyCode <= 90)) {
  			shiftKey = (keyCode >= 65 && keyCode <= 90); 
  			keyCode = eval("java.awt.event.KeyEvent.VK_" + (""+c).toUpperCase());
  		}
  		if (shiftKey) this.robot.keyPress(java.awt.event.KeyEvent.VK_SHIFT);
  		try{
  			this._typeNativeKeyCode(keyCode);
  		}catch(e){
  			print (c + " " + e);
  		}finally{
  			if (shiftKey) this.robot.keyRelease(java.awt.event.KeyEvent.VK_SHIFT);
  		}
  	}
  };
  Sahi.prototype._typeNativeKeyCode = function(keyCode){
  	this.robot.keyPress(keyCode);
  	this.robot.keyRelease(keyCode);
  };
  

  
  This should make it work for you.
  Please let me know if it doesn't.
  Regards.
• kag Members

  August 2013

  I have Sahi Pro, and I look apis.sah, but all it has for _typeNativeKeyCode is an empty function. I tried to run the command, but nothing happened. I then tried to copy and paste the above and it did nothing when I ran the script. There was no error in the logs that I could see.
  
  I'm emulating the ipad on FF as I can't get anything to run on the ipad (see my other thread).
• Pratyush_Tyto Members

  August 2013

  Hi kag,
  Sorry for the confusion. Your other post was in the Sahi OS forum and not the Pro one, so I assumed that you required it to work with Sahi OS.
  For Sahi Pro,
  Use the following code statement to simulate a ENTER keypress event:

  _sahi._typeKeyCodeNative(java.awt.event.KeyEvent.VK_SPACE);
  

  
  Let me know if it doesn't work for you.
  
  Regards.
• kag Members

  August 2013

  Hi - I tried the above (although replaced VK_SPACE with VK_ENTER) and it still did not work. Here is my snippet:
  _setValue(_searchbox(0), $searchQuery); //this works
  
  _focus(_searchbox(0));
  _sahi._typeKeyCodeNative(java.awt.event.KeyEvent.VK_ENTER);
• kag Members

  August 2013

  I am wondering if this is more than just an enter. Manually when I enter the query string the keyboard pops up to enter my text. To execute the search the enter/go/return key now says "Search". Recently the devs changed the search query field from a textbox to a searchbox, so wondering if that somehow makes the ENTER not work?
• Pratyush_Tyto Members

  August 2013

  Hi kag,
  Please have a look at the following code:

  _setValue(_searchbox(0), $searchQuery); //this works
  _focusWindow();
  _focus(_searchbox(0));
  _typeKeyCodeNative(java.awt.event.KeyEvent.VK_ENTER);
  

  
  I have added _focusWindow before you focus the searchbox element and also removed "_sahi." from the _typeKeyCodeNative API.
  
  I have tested it taking textbox as the element and it works as required. However it should work for searchbox too.
  
  Please let me know.
  
  Regards.
  
• kag Members

  September 2013

  Sorry for the long delay. I just tried your snippet and the enter still did not happen. I may have a workaround.
  
  Thanks anyway.
• Pratyush_Tyto Members

  September 2013

  Hi kag,
  Please post the workaround here so that others who are facing a similar issue can also get it working for them.
  
  Regards.
• kag Members

  October 2013

  The workaround was that I constructed a URL with the search query to get the search result page.