Arrow keys

Scripting Forums AppleScript | Mac OS X
#1

I’m trying to find a way to make applescript type the directional keys into an application. I know that sigma’s additions allow you to type to an application 20 characters at a time and that you can get it to type some of the special characters such as tab, return, quotation mark, etc. However, I haven’t found a way to get it to type the arrow keys. Is it possible to do this with sigma’s or is there another scripting addition that will do it?

#2

Don’t know if you’ve tried tossing some ASCII codes in Sigma’s direction, eaglesong. If not, might be worth a try…

set leftArrow to ASCII character 28
set rightArrow to ASCII character 29
set upArrow to ASCII character 30
set downArrow to ASCII character 31
#3

I had considered it but I no longer know where my copy of keyfinder is so I didn’t have the ascii equivalents for the arrow keys. I’ll give that a shot now that I know what they are :slight_smile: Thanks.

#4

I just tried it and it works beautifully. Thank you SO much.