How send key works in Send text action

Learn how keys work in the Send Text action in the Terminal Emulator.

Note: Behavior of the keys that are marked with the asterisk (*) sign in the following tables is defined by the terminal host. The behavior might vary on different terminals.

The following table shows the behavior of the keys in the terminal types TN3270 and TN5250:


Keys	Behavior
KEY_BACKSPACE	Same behavior as the Backspace key on the keyboard.
KEY_BACKTAB	If the cursor is on the first position of a field, it moves to the previous field. Otherwise, it moves to the start of the current field.
KEY_CLEAR	Clears the entire text on the terminal screen.
KEY_ERASEINPUT	Deletes all the text in the field.
KEY_NEXTFIELD	Moves the cursor to the next field on the terminal screen.
KEY_ENTER	Sends Enter key to the terminal host.
KEY_HOME	Moves the cursor to the first editable field on the screen.
KEY_RESET	The reset key only clears the Keyboard lock, such as releasing the terminal if the terminal screen is not working. The screen text and input field values remain the same.
KEY_LEFT	Moves the cursor to the left by one position.
KEY_RIGHT	Moves the cursor to the right by one position.
KEY_UP	Moves the cursor up by one position.
KEY_DOWN	Moves the cursor down by one position.
KEY_PGLEFT	Nothing happens.
KEY_PGRIGHT	Nothing happens.
KEY_PGUP	Page Up key
KEY_PGDOWN	Page Down key
KEY_TABFORWARD	Performs a tab key action on the terminal screen to move the cursor to the next field.
KEY_PF1 *	Same behavior as F1 key on the keyboard.
KEY_PF2 *	Same behavior as F2 key on the keyboard.
KEY_PF3 *	Same behavior as F3 key on the keyboard.
KEY_PF4 *	Same behavior as F4 key on the keyboard.
KEY_PF5 *	Same behavior as F5 key on the keyboard.
KEY_PF6 *	Same behavior as F6 key on the keyboard.
KEY_PF7 *	Same behavior as F7 key on the keyboard.
KEY_PF8 *	Same behavior as F8 key on the keyboard.
KEY_PF9 *	Same behavior as F9 key on the keyboard.
KEY_PF10 *	Same behavior as F10 key on the keyboard.
KEY_PF11 *	Same behavior as F11 key on the keyboard.
KEY_PF12 *	Same behavior as F12 key on the keyboard
KEY_PF13 *	Same behavior as Shift + F1 keys on the keyboard.
KEY_PF14 *	Same behavior as Shift + F2 keys on the keyboard.
KEY_PF15 *	Same behavior as Shift + F3 keys on the keyboard.
KEY_PF16 *	Same behavior as Shift + F4 keys on the keyboard.
KEY_PF17 *	Same behavior as Shift + F5 keys on the keyboard.
KEY_PF18 *	Same behavior as Shift + F6 keys on the keyboard.
KEY_PF19 *	Same behavior as Shift + F7 keys on the keyboard.
KEY_PF20 *	Same behavior as Shift + F8 keys on the keyboard.
KEY_PF21 *	Same behavior as Shift + F9 keys on the keyboard.
KEY_PF22 *	Same behavior as Shift + F10 keys on the keyboard.
KEY_PF23 *	Same behavior as Shift + F11 keys on the keyboard.
KEY_PF24 *	Same behavior as Shift + F12 keys on the keyboard.

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How send key works in Send text action