Send a key to the Editor?

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Simple, how to send a key or a combo of keys to the editor? So like:

 Selection.objects = new Object[] { myObject; };
 SendKey(KeyCode.LeftCtrl | KeyCode.D); // for duplicate

or

 SendKey(KeyCode.F2); // for renaming

etc.

Is there some editor code that has this feature? If not, is there a platform-dependent way of doing this? or am I stuck with Winform and WinAPI stuff? (I'm on Windows)

Thanks :)

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Answer by ArkaneX · Feb 20, 2014 at 12:49 PM

I've just checked your other question, and here's the solution to send keys to focused window:

 var e = new Event { keyCode = KeyCode.F2, type = EventType.keyDown }; // or Event.KeyboardEvent("f2");
 EditorWindow.focusedWindow.SendEvent(e);
 EditorWindow.focusedWindow.SendEvent(Event.KeyboardEvent("x"));
 EditorWindow.focusedWindow.SendEvent(Event.KeyboardEvent("y"));
 EditorWindow.focusedWindow.SendEvent(Event.KeyboardEvent("z"));

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vexe · Feb 20, 2014 at 12:56 PM 1

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I LOVE YOU!!! LOL

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Answer by frarees · Dec 30, 2013 at 05:53 PM

AFAIK it isn't possible to simulate input (i.e. create events from the void), despite I think you can send already triggered events on your current ScriptableObject to other ScriptableObjects. In your case, it seems you want the functionality behind those shortcuts.

For duplicate functionality over serializable objects check SerializedProperty.DuplicateCommand. For renaming on the project window, check ProjectWindowUtil and EndNameAction (use MonoDevelop's Assembly Browser to make things easier)

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vexe · Feb 20, 2014 at 06:30 AM 0

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Sorry for the delay and thanks so much for this! - Although it's not what I'm looking for (looking for rename in hierarchy window, not project window), but it gave me other cool stuff! - Check this out http://pig893.hatenablog.com/entry/2014/01/28/140345 - This guy used ProjectWindowUtil to make a script creator using templates one makes himself! more useful than unity's templates which always get overwritten when you update --

For the rena$$anonymous$$g I first tried WinAPI's SendInput, to send an F2 manually - For some reason Creating a new go, selecting it and then sending an F2, didn't engage rename mode! Although I'm pretty sure that the key was sent (Tried it from a console app, sleep(5); / during this time, I select a go in Unity /sendkey(f2); and indeed, rename mode engages! but for some reason doing it inside unity doesn't seem to work :(

Here's what I'm attempting now, got really close this time! http://answers.unity3d.com/questions/644608/sending-a-rename-commandevent-to-the-hiearchy-almo.html

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