Simulate input/Keyboard

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Task
Simulate input/Keyboard
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Send simulated keystrokes to a GUI window. You should specify whether the target may be externally created (i.e., if the keystrokes are going to an application other than the application that is creating them).

AutoHotkey

target may be externally created. <lang AutoHotkey> run, cmd /k WinWait, ahk_class ConsoleWindowClass controlsend, ,hello console, ahk_class ConsoleWindowClass </lang>

Tcl

Library: Tk


This only works with windows created by Tk; it sends a single key “x” to the given window. <lang tcl>event generate $target <Key-x></lang> To send multiple keys, call repeatedly in order. Alphabetic keys can be used directly as events, " " has to be mapped to "<space>". <lang Tcl>package require Tk pack [text .t] focus -force .t foreach c [split "hello world" ""] {

  event generate .t [expr {$c eq " "?"<space>": $c}]

}</lang> Note also that the task on keyboard macros illustrates a very closely related method.