Expect to send the Ctrl+A to the browser

Question

I want to start google-chrome and then send the Ctrl+A to the chrome process, to begin recording with ScreenCastify. I have set the shortcut key for the ScreenCastify to Ctrl+A. Following is the code snippet I have used:

!#!/usr/bin/expect
spawn google-chrome --new-window <url>
send "\x01";
interact

The Ctrl+A is not triggering the recording on the browser.

Expect cannot work with GUI programs like chrome. You might have better success with [xdotool](http://www.semicomplete.com/projects/xdotool/) — glenn jackman, Nov 27 '14 at 14:34

score 0 · Accepted Answer · edited Mar 18 '15 at 12:24

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Expect cannot work with GUI programs like Chrome. So, I used xdotool.

edited Mar 18 '15 at 12:24

Xan

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answered Mar 18 '15 at 12:10

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Expect to send the Ctrl+A to the browser

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