This issue will be solved with the next update in about one week is solved:
Then we will have a new internal variable to control how escape characters are interpreted in TYPE
and SENDKEYS
: !stringEscape
-
store | true | !stringEscape
(default) =>\n \t
are interpreted as escape strings (this is what you need). This works just as Javascript does, so\t
is tab and\n
is new line (etc). Like here: JavaScript character escape sequences · Mathias Bynens -
store | false | !stringEscape
=> literal interpretation. For example this is useful when filling in a file path, e. g.c:\next\time\text.txt
is entered exactly as this.) -
XTYPE
simulates native keyboard presses, so\n
is typed just as the letters\
andn
. For line breaks with XTYPE use${KEY_ENTER}
.
Update May 14: Available with V5.6.5, see UI Automation Open-Source Selenium IDE plus additional features, iMacros alternative