TYPE INTO & TYPE SECURE PASSWORD activity does not allow us to enter special character '[' in a text box

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Scenario: TYPE INTO & TYPE SECURE PASSWORD activity does not allow us to enter special character ‘[’ in a text box.

Workaround: To enter the special character ‘[’ in a text box, use TYPE INTO & TYPE SECURE PASSWORD activity with simulate property checked OR use SET TEXT activity to perform the same action.

Steps to reproduce: Try to type special character ‘[’ in a text box using TYPE INTO & TYPE SECURE PASSWORD activity.

Current Behavior: TYPE INTO & TYPE SECURE PASSWORD activity does not enter the special character ‘[’ in a text box

Expected Behavior: TYPE INTO & TYPE SECURE PASSWORD activity should enter the special character ‘[’ in a text box

Studio/Robot/Orchestrator Version: Studio 2017.1.6522 Enterprise Edition.

Last stable behavior: NA

Last stable version: NA

OS Version: Windows 7

Others if Relevant: (workflow, logs, .net version, service pack, etc): NA

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You ll have to escape that character, it is not suported as a regular character.

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are there any other unsupported or restricted characters for type into?

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You can use double left bracket [[ to type single left bracket [ .