Send Keys is populating the text box as {tab} instead of performing the tab function

[Shann]

I have a Microsoft Navigate form I'm working on populating and some of the text fields on a page are failing to be found when using Populate Text. To navigate this I am attempting to tab to the correct boxes by using Send Keys and {tab} from another working text box. Depending on the text box field, sometimes it tabs over and sometimes it populates the {tab:3} or whatever else as Text instead. 

I definitely have Send Keys as Hardware Text selected.

Any suggestions?

[MichaelAnnis · Accepted solution]

Read all of this first, as one of these may stick out to you. The last part is probably the most promising, but wanted to run through some other troubleshooting options first. 

1) try a capital T in {Tab}

2). Ensure there are no unidentified spaces anywhere such as {Tab }

3). Try turning off send as hardware keys. I have never had to use that and {Tab} has always worked just fine. 

4). Do the same ones always mess up?  If so, try copying one of the ones that is working and deleting the ones that are messing up

5)If none of that works, put a Wait(1) between the tabs and other send text. Sometimes PAD just runs over itself simply because it’s moving to fast. 

Lastly, is there another field that you can find after and {LShiftKey}({Tab}) back to the field you need?

Good luck!

[Shann]

I'm not sure what aspect worked but I got it working! I also realized I was pointing to the "edit" portion of the text box, which should still work with the tab but moving it to the "group" portion of the box I think might have helped.

Thank you!