Andras Hatvani: UIAKeyboard keys and buttons

2011-05-23

UIAKeyboard keys and buttons

I've just discovered that the UI Automation keyboard doesn't only consist of keys, but also of buttons: All elements with light gray background are keys and all those with dark gray background are buttons.

I could write for example:

app.keyboard().keys()["e"].tap();
app.keyboard().buttons()["return"].tap();

But the distinction is only an option, because the elements are also accessible via the elements() method:

app.keyboard().elements()["e"].tap();
app.keyboard().elements()["return"].tap();

7 comments:

macmark16/6/11 15:17
Any idea how to tap the "hide keyboard" button?
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macmark16/6/11 15:25
Found it:
…keyboard().buttons()["Hide keyboard"].tap();

To find the name i used:
for(i = 0; i < 100; i++){
app.keyboard().buttons()[i].logElement();
}
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macmark16/6/11 15:26
Do you know how to access a PopOver when scripting an iPad app?
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Andras Hatvani16/6/11 16:42
You could have said:
app.keyboard().logElementTree();

There is an own UIAPopover class to handle popovers ;)
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macmark20/6/11 11:15
Yea the elementTree is way smarter. Silly me forgot about it :-)

I know the UIAPopover class, my problem was to access the UIAPopover object. Finally i found it is a child of the mainWindow and not of the the scrollView.
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macmark20/6/11 14:16
Do you have another hint?

After using the popover (selecting something and dismissing it thereby) i cannot tap() on any buttons anymore. Tap() on buttons has then no effect anymore. Before it did. Typing in textfields still works.
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Andras Hatvani22/6/11 08:44
Try it with Xcode 4.2 Developer Preview. If it still doesn't work, then file a bug in the Bugreporter.
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