VirtualInputDevice

[klangman]

Anyone know why this javascript code would fail to paste the clipboard contents from within extension code. It should programmatically press Shift+Insert.

let virtualKeyboard = Clutter.get_default_backend().get_default_seat().create_virtual_device(Clutter.InputDeviceType.KEYBOARD_DEVICE);
virtualKeyboard.notify_keyval( Clutter.get_current_event_time()*1000, Clutter.KEY_Shift_L, Clutter.KeyState.PRESSED );
virtualKeyboard.notify_keyval( Clutter.get_current_event_time()*1000, Clutter.KEY_Insert,  Clutter.KeyState.PRESSED );
virtualKeyboard.notify_keyval( Clutter.get_current_event_time()*1000, Clutter.KEY_Insert,  Clutter.KeyState.RELEASED );
virtualKeyboard.notify_keyval( Clutter.get_current_event_time()*1000, Clutter.KEY_Shift_L, Clutter.KeyState.RELEASED );

[100savage]

Your code looks mostly correct but there's a potential issue with the use of Clutter.get_current_event_time(). You are multiplying the event time by 1000, which will result in an extremely large value if the Clutter.get_current_event_time() function returns the time in milliseconds. Typically, Clutter.get_current_event_time() already returns the event time in milliseconds, so there's no need to multiply it by 1000.

let virtualKeyboard = Clutter.get_default_backend().get_default_seat().create_virtual_device(Clutter.InputDeviceType.KEYBOARD_DEVICE);
let eventTime = Clutter.get_current_event_time();

virtualKeyboard.notify_keyval(eventTime, Clutter.KEY_Shift_L, Clutter.KeyState.PRESSED);
virtualKeyboard.notify_keyval(eventTime, Clutter.KEY_Insert, Clutter.KeyState.PRESSED);
virtualKeyboard.notify_keyval(eventTime, Clutter.KEY_Insert, Clutter.KeyState.RELEASED);
virtualKeyboard.notify_keyval(eventTime, Clutter.KEY_Shift_L, Clutter.KeyState.RELEASED);

[klangman]

I tried with and without the *1000. I only added it because I found code on the web that used that. In most cases it makes no difference because the Clutter.get_current_event_time() API returns 0.