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PRESS KEY (Other keys)
In addition to the ENTER and TAB components, the PRESS KEY component allows you to simulate a key press of any key on your computer.
You can use it to trigger specific actions within a program or a webpage, save files, or navigate through a forms, etc.
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Arrow Keys
To press Arrows ← ↑ → ↓, change the Key to press
value to Left
, Up
, Right
, or Down
.
See the
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Send keyboard shortcuts
Modifier keys allows to send key combinations such as ALT+TAB.
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Example
To save a file every time a barcode is acquired, you would typically need to press Ctrl+S on a keyboard.
To automate this step and simulate this key combination, you can use the PRESS KEY component:
- Open the Server Settings
- Add the PRESS KEY component to the Output Template:
- Click PRESS KEY and select the LeftControl from the modifier keys list:
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Supported keys
- Space
- Escape
- Tab
- F1
- F2
- F3
- F4
- F5
- F6
- F7
- F8
- F9
- F10
- F11
- F12
- F13
- F14
- F15
- F16
- F17
- F18
- F19
- F20
- F21
- F22
- F23
- F24
- Num0
- Num1
- Num2
- Num3
- Num4
- Num5
- Num6
- Num7
- Num8
- Num9
- A
- B
- C
- D
- E
- F
- G
- H
- I
- J
- K
- L
- M
- N
- O
- P
- Q
- R
- S
- T
- U
- V
- W
- X
- Y
- Z
- Grave
- Minus
- Equal
- Backspace
- LeftBracket
- RightBracket
- Backslash
- Semicolon
- Quote
- Return
- Comma
- Period
- Slash
- Left
- Up
- Right
- Down
- Pause
- Insert
- Delete
- Home
- End
- PageUp
- PageDown
- Add
- Subtract
- Multiply
- Divide
- Decimal
- Enter
- NumPad0
- NumPad1
- NumPad2
- NumPad3
- NumPad4
- NumPad5
- NumPad6
- NumPad7
- NumPad8
- NumPad9
- CapsLock
- ScrollLock
- NumLock
- AudioMute
- AudioVolDown
- AudioVolUp
- AudioPlay
- AudioStop
- AudioPause
- AudioPrev
- AudioNext
- AudioRewind
- AudioForward
- AudioRepeat
- AudioRandom