I forgot about that class!
Yes, it absolutely does let you do mouse events and key presses - I've
used it for some quite dangerous things over the years! ;)
It literally takes over the mouse and lets you do things with anywhere
on your desktop, not just Java apps. To make it really useful you'd
have to work out where the Pivot components you wanted to click were
relative to your desktop space which might be tricky if running in a
Web browser, but probably less tricky when running directly on the
desktop.
Cheers,
Chris
2009/9/23 Todd Volkert <tvolk...@gmail.com>:
> Why not just use java.awt.Robot? I'm not 100% sure, but I think it has the
> ability to simulate mouse events and key events.
> -T
>
> On Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 7:55 AM, Greg Brown <gkbr...@mac.com> wrote:
>
>> All component behaviors in Pivot are invoked by public APIs. So, from your
>> examples, you could do:
>>
>> button.requestFocus();
>> button.press();
>> listView.setSelectedIndex(0);
>> menuItem.press();
>> textInput.setText("foo");
>>
>> We don't currently allow a caller to simulate mouse clicks via a Pivot API,
>> though you might be able to do so from the DisplayHost.
>>
>> An automated testing framework for Pivot would certainly be valuable,
>> though I personally don't see it as a high priority in the short term.
>> However, you are more than welcome to pursue it if it is something that
>> interests you.
>>
>>
>>
>> On Sep 23, 2009, at 3:34 AM, Sandro Martini wrote:
>>
>> Hi to all,
>>> an idea to discuss with all the team ... what do you think on the
>>> ability for Pivot Applications / Applets to be scripted from the
>>> outside world ?
>>>
>>> I'm thinking on something like Macros in Office and other programs ...
>>> for example the ability to sent pivot the same events that usually are
>>> sent inside the application/applet with keyboard and mouse. Like set
>>> focus to an element, select an element in a list or in a menu, set
>>> text in a field, etc ... and maybe also simulate mouse clicks at some
>>> positions.
>>>
>>> This could be very useful for automatic testing, there are some
>>> applications that works in this way (i think FEST but I'm not sure it
>>> works in this way :-) , or others). And also for testing performances
>>> of applications without (real) user interaction.
>>>
>>> In browser we can script if with Javascript, from the Browser, ok ...
>>> but i don't know if we can do all these things.
>>> And for Applications ?
>>>
>>> My trouble here is to verify the infrastructure needed for this, if
>>> it's already in Pivot, or if something has to be added/modified (if we
>>> think it's useful).
>>> Then, a test / tutorial could be interesting.
>>>
>>> Add in JIRA (for the 1.5) ?
>>>
>>> Comments ?
>>>
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Sandro
>>>
>>
>>
>
