Thanks again for your further replies. So far, it's 4 votes for 'send_keys' and
1 vote for 'type'.
Regarding 'send_keys': To me personally it makes sense to send keys _to_
something. However, in our API, send_keys would not be called on an object or
with a parameter indicating the target. It would just be
send_keys(ENTER)
send_keys("Hello World!")
send_keys(CTRL + 'a')
Does that change your preference for 'send_keys'?
Thanks a lot!!!
On Tuesday, November 20, 2012 1:18:38 PM UTC+1, Michael Herrmann wrote:
> Hi,
>
>
>
> I'm developing a GUI Automation library (http://www.getautoma.com) and am
> having difficulty picking a name for the function that simulates key strokes.
> I currently have it as 'type' but that clashes with the built-in function.
> Example uses of 'type':
>
>
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> type(ENTER)
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>
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> type("Hello World!")
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>
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> type(CTRL + 'a')
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>
>
> What, in your view, would be the most intuitive alternative name?
>
>
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> Here are my thoughts so far: I could call it 'press' but then our GUI
> automation tool also allows you to click things and then "press" might be
> mistaken for "pressing a button". A less ambiguous alternative is "type_keys"
> but that is rather long and doesn't read as well, for instance in
> type_keys(ENTER).
>
>
>
> Thank you very much!
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