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On 20/11/2012 15:18, Michael Herrmann wrote:
> Thanks again for your further replies. So far, it's 4 votes for 'send_keys' and 1 vote for 'type'.
>
> Regarding 'send_keys': To me personally it makes sense to send keys _to_ something. However, in our API, send_keys would not be called on an object or with a parameter indicating the target. It would just be
>
> send_keys(ENTER)
> send_keys("Hello World!")
> send_keys(CTRL + 'a')

In that case I'd just call it keys, that shouldn't cause too much 
confusion :)  Though keys_pressed comes to mind as an alternative.

>
> Does that change your preference for 'send_keys'?
>
> Thanks a lot!!!
>

-- 
Cheers.

Mark Lawrence.