Keyboard Actions

Actions in the Keyboard group of the actions menu.

Type Text

Types text into the active field, or into the field you point at with a search object. Shortcut Ctrl+Shift+T.

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Capture: the Type Text form with a variable inserted into Text to type and Advanced options expanded. Why it must be retaken: the form now also has Key after typing, and the state field is called Run Action.

Parameter	Description
Search object	Field to type into. Leave empty to type into whatever currently has focus.
Text to type	Text or variable content to enter. Click VAR to insert a variable.
Clear before typing	Clears the existing content of the field first. Default off.
Key after typing	A key pressed once the text is in — typically Enter or Tab. Optional; saves a separate Key Shortcut action.
Wait after	Pause after typing.
Timeout between actions	Delay in milliseconds between individual keystrokes. Default 0; raise it for applications that drop characters when typed at full speed. (Advanced options)
Required success	Stop the scenario if typing fails.

Key Shortcut

Sends a key or key combination. Shortcut Ctrl+Shift+K.

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Capture: the Key Shortcut form with the key-selection dialog open on a combination such as Ctrl+S.

Parameter	Description
Key	The key combination to send, e.g. Ctrl+C or Alt+F4. Num-lock keys are supported.
Wait after	Pause after the keys are sent.

Clear

Clears the contents of an input field.

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Capture: the Clear form with a search object selected. Note: the image currently lives under actions/mouse/clear.png — Clear moved from the Mouse group to Keyboard, so move the file too.

Parameter	Description
Search object	Field to clear. Leave empty for the focused field.
Required success	Stop the scenario if the field cannot be cleared.
Wait after	Pause after clearing. (Advanced options)

Clipboard Get / Clipboard Set

Reads the clipboard into a variable, or writes a value to the clipboard.

On an RDP robot these appear as [RDP] Clipboard Get and [RDP] Clipboard Set and act on the clipboard of the remote session; the unprefixed versions are Desktop-only and act on your local clipboard.

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Capture: the Clipboard Get form. Why it must be retaken: the RDP and Desktop variants are now separate menu entries with the [RDP] prefix.

Clipboard Get

Parameter	Description
Save to variable (name)	Variable that receives the current clipboard content.

Clipboard Set

Parameter	Description
Text	Plain text or variable value to place on the clipboard.

tip

Copying a value with Ctrl+C and reading it with Clipboard Get is often more reliable than reading text off the screen — no OCR involved. Use it whenever the application lets you select and copy the value.