UI Automation (for testing tools) snippet: post key events
/* * UI Automation (for testing tools) snippet: post key events * * For a list of all SWT example snippets see * http://dev.eclipse.org/viewcvs/index.cgi/%7Echeckout%7E/platform-swt-home/dev.html#snippets */ import org.eclipse.swt.SWT; import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display; import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Event; import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Shell; import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Text; public class Snippet146 { public static void main(String[] args) { final Display display = new Display(); final Shell shell = new Shell(display); final Text text = new Text(shell, SWT.BORDER); text.setSize(text.computeSize(150, SWT.DEFAULT)); shell.pack(); shell.open(); new Thread() { public void run() { String string = "Love the method."; for (int i = 0; i < string.length(); i++) { char ch = string.charAt(i); boolean shift = Character.isUpperCase(ch); ch = Character.toLowerCase(ch); if (shift) { Event event = new Event(); event.type = SWT.KeyDown; event.keyCode = SWT.SHIFT; display.post(event); } Event event = new Event(); event.type = SWT.KeyDown; event.character = ch; display.post(event); try { Thread.sleep(10); } catch (InterruptedException e) { } event.type = SWT.KeyUp; display.post(event); try { Thread.sleep(100); } catch (InterruptedException e) { } if (shift) { event = new Event(); event.type = SWT.KeyUp; event.keyCode = SWT.SHIFT; display.post(event); } } } }.start(); while (!shell.isDisposed()) { if (!display.readAndDispatch()) display.sleep(); } display.dispose(); } }