Tabbing in legacy application

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Hi,

  1. I am trying to tab through in a legacy application. The tabbing going random.
    Are there any good ways to stabilize the tabbing other than increasing delays?
  2. When I tab over a drop down and tab there after it does weird things, it will select some values. Any suggestions here?
    Thank you,
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Hi @A_Learner

How are you using tab currently?

Using send hotkey?

If yes, you can try below and see if this helps:

  1. Use Type Into activity.
  2. Set text to: “[k(tab)]”
  3. Indicate the UI element where focus should be or the whole app window.

Use [k(tab)] multiple times like this: [k(tab)][k(tab)] to move several fields ahead.

If the target field doesn’t accept typing, untick ClickBeforeTyping and enable SendWindowMessages or SimulateType depending on the compatibility.

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@A_Learner

Are you sending tabs to controls or full screen

When you do manually how does it work? Also does arrows help?

Cheers

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@sonaliaggarwal47 @Anil_G
If I can indicate the UI element, there is no need for hot keys. Element cannot be identified. Also when sending hot keys, is it necessary to specify element?

Thank you,

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@A_Learner

There are two things

  1. You can send to full screen
  2. You can send it a container element

Cheers

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