Need Browser window In View
Is there a way to automate a browser window activating, without placing focus within a control on that window? I need to bring the window into view, yet not take focus away from the Application Bar.
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Pegasystems Inc.
US
I would agree with this assessment. The Robotics product is at the mercy of how the external applications are designed - if those applications require focus then there won't be anyway to get around it. I think the best way to think about this is to compare a User to a Robot in a sense. If a User can't do the action simultaneously, then it shouldn't be expected that a Robot can do what the User can't. An automation can be quicker but the design of the product is to have all the capabilities of a regular user.
Pegasystems Inc.
US
I don't see a clear way to do this - bringing the control into view will also retrieve focus. Can you not just grab focus of the window then return focus to the Application Bar?
Southwest Airlines
US
No. I have been grabbing focus, then returning to the Application Bar. However, the user needs to be typing in the Application Bar, while the underlying applications are clearing. When I grab focus, the net effect is partial words will be entered into the Application Bar, while the rest of the word appears in one of the other applications.
Fifth Third Bank
IN
Hi,
Try this.
1. Interrogate the browser window.
2. Call Activate Method of the interrogated browser window control.
Hope this will work.
Thanks.
Southwest Airlines
US
From the posts I've seen, it appears that, currently, there is no way to accomplish what I'm trying to do. It was suggested that I try the "Activate" method. However, because the "Activate" method incorporates the "Focus" method, this does not accomplish my objective. Focus is still being moved from my desired application/control.
Thank, Rick
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Pegasystems Inc.
US
I would agree with this assessment. The Robotics product is at the mercy of how the external applications are designed - if those applications require focus then there won't be anyway to get around it. I think the best way to think about this is to compare a User to a Robot in a sense. If a User can't do the action simultaneously, then it shouldn't be expected that a Robot can do what the User can't. An automation can be quicker but the design of the product is to have all the capabilities of a regular user.