Sendkeys("{BACKSPACE}") inserts "B" characters instead of backspacing

Question

I have a TextBox declared in a Silverlight project with contents “123456” and then use the following code in a Coded UI test. First it searches and clicks the TextBox to set focus, and then tries to delete characters.

currencyPage.ClickEditByAutomationId("textBox");
Keyboard.SendKeys("{END}");
Keyboard.SendKeys("{BACKSPACE}");
Keyboard.SendKeys("{BACKSPACE}");
Keyboard.SendKeys("{BACKSPACE}");
Keyboard.SendKeys("{BACKSPACE}");
Keyboard.SendKeys("{BACKSPACE}");

This is the resulting text in my TextBox: 123456BBBBB

What am I doing wrong? XAML of the textbox:

score 7 · Accepted Answer · answered May 17 '11 at 13:25

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Try

Keyboard.SendKeys("{BACK}");

answered May 17 '11 at 13:25

Attila Szasz

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered May 16 '11 at 21:10

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Try Keyboard.SendKeys(@"{BACKSPACE}"); or Keyboard.SendKeys("{{BACKSPACE}}");

answered May 16 '11 at 21:10

Keith Adler

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Your first solution still appends B characters, and the second solution appends {} over and over. – Aaron Axvig May 18 '11 at 14:16

Sendkeys("{BACKSPACE}") inserts "B" characters instead of backspacing

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