Cannot type slash character. This slash: "/"

[André Pfitzner]

When I issue the command on the line 3 of my script:
    type("/")
The Sikuli IDE does not send the slash character ("/") and throw the following error:

[sikuli] [Error] source lineNo: 3
[sikuli] [Error] Traceback (innermost last):
  File "C:\DOCUME~1\ADMINI~1\CONFIG~1\Temp\sikuli-tmp8004614922768274155.py", line 3, in ?
  File "C:\Arquivos de programas\Sikuli\sikuli-ide-full.jar\Lib/python/edu/mit/csail/uid/Sikuli.py", line 514, in type
 at sun.awt.windows.WRobotPeer.keyPress(Native Method)
 at java.awt.Robot.keyPress(Unknown Source)
 at edu.mit.csail.uid.SikuliScript.doType(SikuliScript.java:465)
 at edu.mit.csail.uid.SikuliScript.doType(SikuliScript.java:457)
 at edu.mit.csail.uid.SikuliScript.type_ch(SikuliScript.java:569)
 at edu.mit.csail.uid.SikuliScript.type(SikuliScript.java:626)
 at edu.mit.csail.uid.SikuliScript.type(SikuliScript.java:446)
 at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
 at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
 at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
 at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source)

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Invalid key code

Thanks for the attention and congratulation for this very useful tools :)

[RaiMan (raimund-hocke)]

This is not really a bug, since per definition the type() internally uses the american keyboard layout.

On my german Mac keyboard e.g. type("/") produces a - (hyphen). this is the corresponding key on the US keyboard.

You have 2 options:

1. use paste() instead of type() if the target of your typing is some kind of input field. it uses internally the clipboard and in this cases always produces the correct result. You can intermix paste() (typing text) and type() (pressing special keys).

2. find out, what would be produced with an US layout, if you press the key, that produces / with your actual layout. use this instead. (e.g. in my german example type("&") actually produces "/" or type("7", KEY_SHIFT)).

[RaiMan (raimund-hocke)]

the type() problem with non-US keyboard layout is already in Progress
(https://bugs.launchpad.net/sikuli/+bug/511740)