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[Q#4546214][A#4546274] How to fire tab key event?

https://stackoverflow.com/q/4546214

How do we fire a tab key pressed event deliberately in Java? I also want to know how to fire a Shift + tab key pressed event programmatically in Java.

Answer

https://stackoverflow.com/a/4546274

The following example shows how to simulate mouse and key presses in Java using java.awt.Robot class. Edited my post to do the SHIFT + TAB Key Press.

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try {
    Robot robot = new Robot();

    // Simulate a mouse click
    robot.mousePress(InputEvent.BUTTON1_MASK);
    robot.mouseRelease(InputEvent.BUTTON1_MASK);

    // Simulate a key press
    robot.keyPress(KeyEvent.VK_SHIFT);
    robot.keyPress(KeyEvent.VK_TAB);
    robot.keyRelease(KeyEvent.VK_TAB);
    robot.keyRelease(KeyEvent.VK_SHIFT);
} catch (AWTException e) {
    e.printStackTrace();
}

package com.stackoverflow.api;

import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.InputEvent;
import java.awt.event.KeyEvent;

public class Human4546274 {

  public static void simulateMouseAndKeypress() {
    try {
      Robot robot = new Robot();
      robot.mousePress(InputEvent.BUTTON1_MASK);
      robot.mouseRelease(InputEvent.BUTTON1_MASK);
      robot.keyPress(KeyEvent.VK_SHIFT);
      robot.keyPress(KeyEvent.VK_TAB);
      robot.keyRelease(KeyEvent.VK_TAB);
      robot.keyRelease(KeyEvent.VK_SHIFT);
    } catch (AWTException e) {
      e.printStackTrace();
    }
  }
}


package com.stackoverflow.api;

import java.awt.AWTException;
import java.awt.Robot;
import java.awt.event.InputEvent;
import java.awt.event.KeyEvent;

/**
 * How to fire tab key event?
 *
 * @author APIzator
 * @see <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/a/4546274">https://stackoverflow.com/a/4546274</a>
 */
public class APIzator4546274 {

  public static void fireEvent() throws Exception {
    try {
      Robot robot = new Robot();
      // Simulate a mouse click
      robot.mousePress(InputEvent.BUTTON1_MASK);
      robot.mouseRelease(InputEvent.BUTTON1_MASK);
      // Simulate a key press
      robot.keyPress(KeyEvent.VK_SHIFT);
      robot.keyPress(KeyEvent.VK_TAB);
      robot.keyRelease(KeyEvent.VK_TAB);
      robot.keyRelease(KeyEvent.VK_SHIFT);
    } catch (AWTException e) {
      e.printStackTrace();
    }
  }
}