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Keyboard.SendKeys Method (UITestControl, String)
Visual Studio 2010
Sends keystrokes to generate the specified text string.
Assembly: Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestTools.UITesting (in Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestTools.UITesting.dll)
Parameters
- control
- Type: Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestTools.UITesting.UITestControl
The user interface (UI) control to which the keys will be sent.
- text
- Type: System.String
The text for which to generate keystrokes.
The string may contain key modifiers.
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.
- 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.
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