How send CTRL+I from Tampermonkey script.

MajesticF

MajesticF

How send CTRL+I from Tampermonkey script to browser.

I try to send in Opera CTRL+I key combination to invoke a shortcut saved in the browser settings,

I have tried many methods, but no code wants to work.

If I click my icon I see Alert with text, but the key combination does not work.

icon.addEventListener('click', () => {

var ciEvent = new KeyboardEvent("keydown", {

key: "i",

keyCode: 73,

which: 73,

code: "KeyI",

location: 0,

altKey: false,

ctrlKey: true,

metaKey: false,

shiftKey: false,

repeat: false

});

// get the active element and dispatch the events to it

var activeElement = document.activeElement;

if (activeElement) {

activeElement.dispatchEvent(ciEvent);

alert('WORK OK');

}

});


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code execution:

const event = new InputEvent('input', {

inputType: 'insertText',

data: 'i',

isComposing: false

});

document.activeElement.dispatchEvent(event);

console.log('InputEvent dispatched:', event);

alert('WORK OK');

return:
_app-b1721212d74c071b.js:27 InputEvent dispatched: InputEvent{isTrusted: false, data: 'i', isComposing: false, inputType: 'insertText', dataTransfer: null,…}

and sending keys doesn't work.

After pressing the keys manually

return:

Keydown event caught: KeyboardEvent{isTrusted: true, key: 'Control', code: 'ControlLeft', location: 1, ctrlKey: true,…}

_app-b1721212d74c071b.js:27 Keydown event caught: KeyboardEvent{isTrusted: true, key: 'i', code: 'KeyI', location: 0, ctrlKey: true,…}

_app-b1721212d74c071b.js:27 Ctrl+I detected!

It seems that the browser blocks the sending of keys with a script.

burnout426

burnout426 Volunteer @MajesticF

@MajesticF said in How send CTRL+I from Tampermonkey script.:

It seems that the browser blocks the sending of keys with a script.

Yeah, I think synthetic events like that are blocked. I don't even think that will work with direct JS with a script in a web page, so it's probably not a Tampermonkey-specific issue.

MajesticF

MajesticF @burnout426

@burnout426
Strangely, a similar script that sends the ALT and ENTER keys to a specific page (not the browser in general) works without a problem. I don't know where the error is.