Is there any way to press the tab key in a Powershell Script? | PowerShell | Page 1

faint dragon Feb 4, 2025, 6:06 PM

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Pls help

glossy turtle Feb 4, 2025, 9:36 PM

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Tap? or <TAB>?

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One way is the Wscript.Shell way and SendKeys.

faint dragon Feb 4, 2025, 9:38 PM

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Tab

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I'm dumb

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Sorry

glossy turtle Feb 5, 2025, 2:23 AM

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So you got it?

faint dragon Feb 5, 2025, 5:41 AM

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glossy turtle So you got it?

No

glossy turtle Feb 5, 2025, 1:35 PM

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so have you researched wscript.shell or sendkeys?

visual berry Feb 6, 2025, 2:11 AM

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There's two primary methods: one involves using wscript.shell and sendkeys as @glossy turtle suggested, while the other involves loading the System.Windows.Forms assembly. I suggest researching these two options and determining which is best for your scenario.

floral mural Feb 7, 2025, 3:19 AM

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Is there any way to press the tab key in a Powershell Script?

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https://www.powershellgallery.com/packages/Wasp/2.5.0.0
^ This has an old WindowsInput.dll and you can do stuff like this:

Add-Input -Input "Write-H" | Add-Input -KeyPress "TAB" | Send-Input

Wasp 2.5.0.0

A Windows Automation Script module for Powershell

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And it will literally type Write-H and then press the TAB button

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(into the same PowerShell window where you ran it, since you didn't tell Send-Input to send it somewhere specific)

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It's a pretty cool feature, if I do say so myself 😉

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And you can mix and match keyboard and mouse input ...

#Is there any way to press the tab key in a Powershell Script?