How to simulate function keys F1-F12 in JUnit tests

[keico]

Hello,
Does anyone know how to simulate the function keys such as F1-F12 in their WindowTester JUnit tests? If yes, please drop me some hints. Thanks!

-keico

[gnebling]

Have you tried using the SWT constants ... (e.g., SWT.F1, etc.)?

[keico]

Yes. I have tried using the SWT constants. For some unknown reason the SWT.F1-F12s does NOT work at all while other constant such as SWT.DEL just works fine. Please refer to attached code for details. Please let me know how to get around this issue. Thanks very much!

-keico

[gnebling]

When your application is running and you press a function key, does it work? In your example clicking F1 doesn't do anything.

[keico]

In the example code, I use a KeyListener to capture all key events. Once a key event gets captured, it simply prints out the corresponding key code to the standard output. As a result, once clicking F1 you should see this output gets printed out:
key: 112

In test code if I use other keys such as SWT.DEL or other characters as 'a', '5' ... as the test runs, same key code get printed out as I click. However, I did not receive any output if I use SWT.F1-12. I believe the function key F1 did not get simulated correctly.

[gnebling]

This is a WindowTester limitation, unfortunately. Function keys and other key combinations are not supported in some cases.