key (former press_key_by_code before version 4.9.21)

key($code); - this function is used for full emulation of pressing and pressing a key on the keyboard

The function accepts parameters as input:

  • $code – code of the key that should be pressed and pressed. You can find out the code from the dialog for getting key codes by pressing a key. To do this, there is a menu item Tools->View keyboard codes with the Ctrl+Shift+K (int) hotkey.

    If you press Ctrl while this function is running (or emulate pressing via the set_ctrl_prefix commands), the sent string will be interpreted as a set of hot keys for human.

    After testing, the function returns the result of its work to the script :
  • true – successfully pressed and pressed the specified key(boolean)
  • false – operation failed (boolean)

    PHP example: 

    <?php $xhe_host = "127.0.0.1:7010";
 
//connect the object to control the emulator, if not already connected
if(!isset($path))
   $path = "../../../Templates/xweb_human_emulator.php";
require($path);
 
//Start
echo "<hr> <font color = blue> keyboard->".basename(__FILE__)."</font> <hr>";
 
//1
echo "1.Let's go to Yandex:";
echo $browser->navigate("http://ya.ru")."<br>";
 
//2
echo "2.Let's focus on the search string:";
echo $input->set_focus_by_number(0)."<br>";
 
//3
echo "3.Change the language to English:";
echo $keyboard->set_current_language("en")."<br>";
 
//4
echo "4.Press the s key(code 83):";
echo $keyboard->key(83);
 
//end
echo "<hr> <br>";
 
//Quit
$app->quit();
?>

    Python example: 

    # Additional paths
import sys
sys.path.insert(0, '../../../Templates PY/')
 
xhe_host = "127.0.0.1:7011"
from xweb_human_emulator import *
 
# Start
echo("<hr> <font color = blue> keyboard.xxxxxxxxx </font> <hr>")
 
# 1
echo("1.Let's go to Yandex:")
echo(browser.navigate("http://ya.ru"), "<br>")
 
# 2
echo("2.Set focus to search string:")
echo(input.set_focus_by_number(0), "<br>")
 
# 3
echo("3.Change the language to English:")
echo(keyboard.set_current_language("en"), "<br>")
 
# 4
echo("4.Press s key(code 83):")
echo(keyboard.key(83))
 
# end
echo("<hr> <br>")
 
# Quit
app.quit()

    C# example: 

    #region using
 
using System;
using System.Diagnostics;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.IO;
using System.Text;
using System.Threading;
 
using XHE;
using XHE.XHE_DOM;
using XHE.XHE_System;
using XHE.XHE_Window;
using XHE.XHE_Web;
 
#endregion
 
  class Program: XHEScript
  {
static void Main(string [] args)
{
//init XHE
server = "127.0.0.1:7010";
InitXHE();
 
//Start
echo("<hr> <font color = blue> keyboard.key </font> <hr>");
 
//1 step
echo("1.Let's go to Yandex:");
echo(browser.navigate("http://ya.ru") + "<br>");
 
//step 2
echo("2.Let's focus on the search string:");
echo(input.set_focus_by_number(0) + "<br>");
 
//step 3
echo("3.Press the s key(code 83):");
keyboard.set_current_language("en");
echo(keyboard.key(83));
 
//end
echo("<hr> <br>");
 
app.quit();
}
}

    Java Script example: 

    //connect the object to control the emulator, if not already connected
xhe_host = "127.0.0.1:7010";
echo = require("../../../Templates JS/xweb_human_emulator.js");
 
//Start
echo("<hr> <font color = blue> keyboard.key </font> <hr>");
 
//1 step
echo("1.Let's go to Yandex:");
echo(browser.navigate("http://ya.ru") + "<br>");
 
//step 2
echo("2.Let's focus on the search string:");
echo(input.set_focus_by_number(0) + "<br>");
 
//step 3
echo("3.Change the language to English:");
echo(keyboard.set_current_language("en") + "<br>");
 
//step 4
echo("4.Press the s key(code 83):");
echo(keyboard.key(83));
 
//end
echo("<hr> <br>");
 
//Quit
app.quit();