Using the "-" key with XType

Ui.Vision Feature Suggestions
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Hey guys,

Been lurking here for a while and I have found this forum to be extremely helpful. I have a question, that I haven’t been able to find the answer to by searching.

A little background, I am using UI Vision to perform some click-path testing on some areas of our 3D simulation software. I also plan to use UI Vision to capture strings, save them to a csv and compare them to a resource csv for the purposes of verifying translations.

Anyway… I have a need to use the “-” as the developers have a piece of machine functionality bound to that key and I need to press it to get passed an overview screen. Every time I try to use that key, it does not work. I seem to be getting the following error. Any thoughts?

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Bueller? Bueller? Bueller?

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any solution for this?
i can’t type - too in my macro

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I haven’t heard anything. I’m new to this forum, so I don’t know if there is a developer we can tag in a post to grab their attention.

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{
      "Command": "XClick",
      "Target": "name=q",
      "Value": "",
      "Description": ""
    },
    {
      "Command": "XType",
      "Target": "-",
      "Value": "",
      "Description": ""
    }
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The solution from @uiuser with just using XTYPE | - might work well. It will fail if the software is waiting for an explicit keypress event.

${KEY_MINUS} and ${KEY_PLUS} are not yet defined - I have added this to our todo list!

Workaround: Use XRUN + Script to simulate exotic keypresses

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if keypress is required then it can be used on Windows
It might work on linux as well.

{
“Command”: “store”,
“Target”: “-”,
“Value”: “!clipboard”,
“Description”: “”
},
{
“Command”: “XClick”,
“Target”: “name=q”,
“Value”: “”,
“Description”: “”
},
{
“Command”: “XType”,
“Target”: “${KEY_CTRL+KEY_V}”,
“Value”: “”,
“Description”: “”
}

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Thanks for the replies, guys! I will give both a try!

-Bonk

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@Bonk @admin Were these keys ever defined for the “-” sign?

I am needing to minimize the content within a chrome browser to capture information. I was going to also use the same xtype command but it is still not working it seems.

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I checked and don’t see it in the docs.

Did you try the XTYPE | - mentioned above instead of XTYPE | ${KEY_-}

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What is the goal here? It sounds like something that can done better differently.

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@admin you are correct. I found a better solution using OCRrelative.

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Hello Admin, When ${KEY_MINUS} and ${KEY_PLUS} are ready?
it’s been 3 years.
I need to simulate zoom out & zoom in using real keystroke shortcut. (I able to zoom out/in using “executeScript” command, but I need real keystroke ${KEY_CTRL+KEY_MINUS} to handle ajax website).

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@amargyla Yes, this issue is still on our todo list. We plan to have a major XModule update in the future, and adding this feature will be part of it.

Meanwhile, if you add a screenshot of the website you need to automate, I am confident that we can suggest a good workaround.