Keyboard

The keyboard action keywords help us to perform certain keyboard actions on an element in our script.

Suppose you wish to enter the credentials & press Enter key on the Login button of a login page.

Structure :

launchApp <parameter>

setValue <parameter>

pressEnterKey

All the keywords under this list hard fail in negative scenarios.

Action	Parameters	Example Usage

Action

Parameters

Example Usage

pressBackspaceKey

Web

To perform the keyboard operation Backspace on object (mentioned in objectName).

If Parameter 1 is not defined, then the key will be pressed once.

Param 1 (Optional) : The number of times the backspace key needs to be pressed

Example 1 :

pressBackspaceKey : <Object : bqObject> <Number of Times : 2>

Presses Backspace key twice on the mentioned object bqObject

Example 2 :

pressBackspaceKey : <Object : bqObject> <Number of Times : >

Presses Backspace key once on the mentioned object bqObject

pressDownKey

Web

To press down-arrow key on object (mentioned in objectName).

If Parameter 1 is not defined, then the key will be pressed once.

Param 1 (Optional) : The number of times the down key needs to be pressed

Example 1 :

pressDownKey : <Object : bqObject> <Number of Times : 2>

Presses Down key twice on the mentioned object bqObject

Example 2 :

pressDownKey : <Object : bqObject> <Number of Times : >

Presses Down key once on the mentioned object bqObject

pressEnterKey

Web, Mobile

To perform the keyboard operation Enter on object (mentioned in objectName).

Example :

pressEnterKey : <Object : bqObject>

Presses Enter on the mentioned object bqObject

pressLeftKey

Web

To press left-arrow key on object (mentioned in objectName).

Param 1 (Optional) : The number of times the left key needs to be pressed

Example 1 :

pressLeftKey : <Object : bqObject> <Number of Times : 2>

Presses Left key twice on the mentioned object bqObject

Example 2 :

pressLeftKey : <Object : bqObject> <Number of Times : >

Presses Left key once on the mentioned object bqObject

pressRightKey

Web

To press right-arrow key on object (mentioned in objectName).

Param 1 (Optional) : The number of times the right key needs to be pressed

Example 1 :

pressRightKey : <Object : bqObject> <Number of Times : 2>

Presses Right key twice on the mentioned object bqObject

Example 2 :

pressRightKey : <Object : bqObject> <Number of Times : >

Presses Right key once on the mentioned object bqObject

pressTabKey

Web, Mobile

To perform the keyboard operation Tab on object (mentioned in objectName).

Param 1 (Optional): The number of times the tab key needs to be pressed

Example 1 :

pressTabKey : <Object : bqObject> <Number of Times : 2>

Presses Tab twice on the mentioned object bqObject

Example 2 :

pressTabKey : <Object : bqObject> <Number of Times : >

Presses Tab once on the mentioned object bqObject

pressUpKey

Web

To press up-arrow key on object (mentioned in objectName).

Param 1 (Optional) : The number of times the up key needs to be pressed

Example 1 :

pressUpKey : <Object : bqObject> <Number of Times : 2>

Presses Up key twice on the mentioned object bqObject

Example 2 :

pressUpKey : <Object : bqObject> <Number of Times : >

Presses Up key once on the mentioned object bqObject