UI Automation (for testing tools) snippet: post key events
/*
* UI Automation (for testing tools) snippet: post key events
*
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*/
import org.eclipse.swt.SWT;
import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display;
import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Event;
import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Shell;
import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Text;
public class Snippet146 {
public static void main(String[] args) {
final Display display = new Display();
final Shell shell = new Shell(display);
final Text text = new Text(shell, SWT.BORDER);
text.setSize(text.computeSize(150, SWT.DEFAULT));
shell.pack();
shell.open();
new Thread() {
public void run() {
String string = "Love the method.";
for (int i = 0; i < string.length(); i++) {
char ch = string.charAt(i);
boolean shift = Character.isUpperCase(ch);
ch = Character.toLowerCase(ch);
if (shift) {
Event event = new Event();
event.type = SWT.KeyDown;
event.keyCode = SWT.SHIFT;
display.post(event);
}
Event event = new Event();
event.type = SWT.KeyDown;
event.character = ch;
display.post(event);
try {
Thread.sleep(10);
} catch (InterruptedException e) {
}
event.type = SWT.KeyUp;
display.post(event);
try {
Thread.sleep(100);
} catch (InterruptedException e) {
}
if (shift) {
event = new Event();
event.type = SWT.KeyUp;
event.keyCode = SWT.SHIFT;
display.post(event);
}
}
}
}.start();
while (!shell.isDisposed()) {
if (!display.readAndDispatch())
display.sleep();
}
display.dispose();
}
}
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