Keyboard.SendKeys Method (UITestControl, String, Boolean)

Sends keystrokes to generate the specified text string.

Namespace:  Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestTools.UITesting
Assembly:  Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestTools.UITesting (in Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestTools.UITesting.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Shared Sub SendKeys ( _
    control As UITestControl, _
    text As String, _
    isEncoded As Boolean _
)

public static void SendKeys(
    UITestControl control,
    string text,
    bool isEncoded
)

public:
static void SendKeys(
    UITestControl^ control, 
    String^ text, 
    bool isEncoded
)

static member SendKeys : 
        control:UITestControl * 
        text:string * 
        isEncoded:bool -> unit

public static function SendKeys(
    control : UITestControl, 
    text : String, 
    isEncoded : boolean
)

Parameters

• control
  Type: Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestTools.UITesting.UITestControl

  UI control to which the keys will be sent.

• text
  Type: String

  The text for which to generate keystrokes.

• isEncoded
  Type: Boolean

  true if the text is encoded; otherwise, false.

Remarks

The string may contain key modifiers.

• Control
  ^

• Shift
  +

• Alt
  %

• Windows
  #

To send a Control+A keyboard sequence, use SendKeys("^a").

To send a character that represents a key modifier, enclose the character in a pair of braces. For example, to send a plus sign, use SendKeys("{+}").

To send a brace, enclose the brace in a pair of braces. For example, to send an opening or closing brace, use SendKeys("{{}") or SendKeys("{}}"), respectively.

.NET Framework Security

• Full trust for the immediate caller. This member cannot be used by partially trusted code. For more information, see Using Libraries from Partially Trusted Code.

See Also

Reference

Keyboard Class

SendKeys Overload

Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestTools.UITesting Namespace