Key Functions Not Working For Me in Ubot 6.7.20

[stever 10]

I'm using the new integrated Chrome browser which seems to have a lot of the bugs ironed out, and it's a huge improvement on the old browser for accessing Google-based sites.

BUT, when accessing Youtube, I can't get the key functions like {BS}, {DEL} to work - everything gets typed into the text box.

eg:

type text(<aria-label="Add a title that describes your video (type @ to mention a channel)">,"\{DEL\}\{DEL\}","Standard")

Just types "{DEL}{DEL}" into the text box.

Am I missing something, or is this a bug?

 

[Seth Turin 223]

On 5/14/2023 at 1:59 PM, stever said:

I'm using the new integrated Chrome browser which seems to have a lot of the bugs ironed out, and it's a huge improvement on the old browser for accessing Google-based sites.

BUT, when accessing Youtube, I can't get the key functions like {BS}, {DEL} to work - everything gets typed into the text box.

eg:

type text(<aria-label="Add a title that describes your video (type @ to mention a channel)">,"\{DEL\}\{DEL\}","Standard")

Just types "{DEL}{DEL}" into the text box.

Am I missing something, or is this a bug?

 

We'll get this syntax fully implemented in the next release. In the meantime, you can use the unicode representations of the keys. Here's a cheat sheet:

Enter:  
Delete:  
Backspace:  
Tab:  
Escape:  
Arrow Down:  
Arrow Up:  
Arrow Left:  
Arrow Right:  
Page Down:  
Page Up:  
End:  
Home:  
Insert:  
 

To use these, copy and paste the character specifically from here. So for instance "hello" will type "hello" and then backspace once (leaving you with "hell").

After the old syntax is implemented, these unicode characters will still work, so don't worry about forward compatibility if you play with these.

[stever 10]

OK - thanks - that's helpful - and it worked!

[Seth Turin 223]

Update: special keys are now implemented in 6.7.21.