Robot to hold multiple key down using Java

Question

I'm trying to build some robot class in JAVA.
I need to robot hold 3 keys at the same time -> (CTRL + SHIFT + DELETE)
I have to achieve this beacuse this accelerator opens a new windows and saves a lot of time.

Here is my code below:

  Robot robot = new Robot();

            robot.keyPress(InputEvent.CTRL_MASK);
            robot.delay(100); 
            robot.keyPress(InputEvent.SHIFT_MASK); 
            robot.delay(150);
            robot.keyPress(KeyEvent.VK_DELETE);

            robot.keyRelease(KeyEvent.VK_DELETE); 
            robot.keyRelease(InputEvent.SHIFT_MASK); 
            robot.keyRelease(InputEvent.CTRL_MASK);

shouldn't you send keyEvent to awt.Robot? such as `robot.keyPress(KeyEvent.VK_CONTROL)` — odedsh, Feb 21 '14 at 12:15

odedsh · Answer 1 · 2014-02-21T12:23:34.397

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Basically you need to use KeyEvent constants not InputEvent

        robot.keyPress(KeyEvent.VK_CONTROL);
        robot.keyPress(KeyEvent.VK_SHIFT); 
        robot.keyPress(KeyEvent.VK_DELETE);

keypress is working with KeyEvent constants. Input Events do not belong.

It is all in the documentation http://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/api/java/awt/Robot.html#keyPress(int)

edited Feb 21 '14 at 12:23

answered Feb 21 '14 at 12:17

odedsh

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