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e635. Simulating Mouse and Key Presses

This feature is useful for tools that test windowing applications.

    try {
        Robot robot = new Robot();
    
        // Simulate a mouse click
        robot.mousePress(InputEvent.BUTTON1_MASK);
        robot.mouseRelease(InputEvent.BUTTON1_MASK);
    
        // Simulate a key press
        robot.keyPress(KeyEvent.VK_A);
        robot.keyRelease(KeyEvent.VK_A);
    } catch (AWTException e) {
    }

Related Examples

e634. Moving the Cursor on the Screen

See also: Colors Components Containers Cursors Drawing Events Focus Frames GridBagLayout Images Shapes Text The Screen

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