Paste into website page

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OldGeek
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Paste into website page

Post by OldGeek » Wed Apr 17, 2024 6:33 pm

I have encountered a few websites where pasting using SendText will not work. I'm no website admin but can they block a user from pasting and if so any ideas to fix the problem. I'm only using it to paste my different email addresses. Thanks in advance
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Re: Paste into website page

Post by Dorian (MJT support) » Fri Apr 19, 2024 12:50 pm

Pasting and sending text are different. Websites can disable copy (CTRL-C) and paste (CTRL-V) if they wish.

I'm guessing you're using mouse clicks to click in a field, then sending the text, e.g. "send>test" ?

Of course the first thing to check is the timing, so maybe add a Wait>0.5 after your mouse click just to see if that helps.

But although automating website via mouse/keyboard/(and Image recognition) can work, if you're automating Chrome or Edge you would probably find more success using the v15 Chrome and Edge functions.
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OldGeek
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Re: Paste into website page

Post by OldGeek » Fri Apr 19, 2024 8:06 pm

I have a Wait>0.1, so I will increase it to Wait>0.5
I'll see how things go
Thanks for the help
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