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Specific Characteristics
Key Stroke Pause
In some cases it is necessary to wait a moment after pressing the keys so that the
appropriate application can respond correctly to the simulated key strokes.
To indicate the pause, the plus sign is replaced by a space. For example:
KEYBOARD CTRL+ESC+^ESC+^CTRL P+^P
→
After CTRL + ESC, wait 100 milliseconds before pressing the P key.
Release
a
key
Releasing the key has to be indicated explicitly. This provides maximum
flexibility when simulating complex key strokes.
By pressing the keys ALT + TAB, the user can toggle between open application
screens. To forward through two applications, the following key stroke would
be incorrect:
Press ALT once and release
Press TAB twice and release
Instead, the following key combinations are correct:
Press and hold ALT
Press TAB twice and release
Release ALT
The key strokes would be as follows:
ALT+TAB+^TAB+TAB+^TAB+^ALT