Hold only SHIFT

Questions & Suggestions
1

I need to go back of to fields in a form and to do it I need to hold SHIFT and then press two time TAB.

If I repeat two times a the “simulate keystroke” SHIFT-TAB it doesn’t work.

How can I hold SHIFT, then press two time TAB and then release SHIFT?

2

In theory you could do this:

_[test] Hold Shift and Press Tab Two Times.kmmacros (2.1 KB)

However this does not work for me.

What works for me is this:

_[test] Press Shift-Tab Two Times.kmmacros (1.7 KB)

But you have said it doesn’t work for you. So, perhaps it depends on the application where it is used?

3

I’m going to try tomorrow.

I’m trying to use it in Chrome (kaseya helpdesk)

4

If you Hold the Shift key, and then Type “Tab”, Keyboard Maestro will release the Shift key in order to type the Tab without the shift key, and then re-press the Shift key.

You might try:

  • Hold Shift Key
  • Type Shift-Tab
  • Type Shift-Tab
  • Release Shift Key

But as @Tom says, I don’t understand why press ing Shift-Tab twice would not work.

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5

Perhaps you need a short pause between the SHIFT-TAB keystrokes.
Try 0.1 or 0.2.

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6

yes, with the delay it’s working!

the solution:

Hold Shift Key
Type Shift-Tab
Type Shift-Tab
Release Shift Key

is working too