# Mouse block and key pressed simulation? **URL:** \ **Category:** Ruby\ **Created:** [July 4, 2007, 9:29am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/mouse-block-and-key-pressed-simulation/108511 "2007-07-04T09:29:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![mihai](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/35a633/32.png) [@mihai](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/mihai)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2007, 9:29am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/mouse-block-and-key-pressed-simulation/108511/1 "2007-07-04T09:29:05Z")
How can i block and release the mouse and keyboard and how can a simulate a key pressed in ruby? (for exemple i want to press enter key) ---
**Author:** ![mihai](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/35a633/32.png) [@mihai](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/mihai)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2007, 5:06pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/mouse-block-and-key-pressed-simulation/108511/2 "2007-07-04T17:06:24Z")
On Jul 4, 2007, at 2:29 AM, mihai wrote: > How can i block and release the mouse and keyboard and how can a > simulate a key pressed in ruby? (for exemple i want to press enter > key) > > – > Posted via [http://www.ruby-forum.com/](http://www.ruby-forum.com/). Depends … ---
**Author:** ![mihai](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/35a633/32.png) [@mihai](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/mihai)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2007, 8:39am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/mouse-block-and-key-pressed-simulation/108511/3 "2007-07-05T08:39:28Z")
John J. wrote: > On Jul 4, 2007, at 2:29 AM, mihai wrote: > > > How can i block and release the mouse and keyboard and how can a > > simulate a key pressed in ruby? (for exemple i want to press enter > > key) > > > > – > > Posted via [http://www.ruby-forum.com/](http://www.ruby-forum.com/). > > Depends … depends of what? i have a window with OK and CANCEL button wich appears. and i want when that window is active to block the mouse and the keyboard and send the key enter to press the OK button ---
**Author:** ![mihai](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/35a633/32.png) [@mihai](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/mihai)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2007, 11:28am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/mouse-block-and-key-pressed-simulation/108511/4 "2007-07-05T11:28:53Z")
Bulhac M. wrote: > > Depends … > > depends of what? > i have a window with OK and CANCEL button wich appears. and i want when > that window is active to block the mouse and the keyboard and send the > key enter to press the OK button Ok, so now we know it’s not a web app. Which platform are you developing on? What toolkit? Or are you driving a second app from your ruby script? Can you show us some code? ---
**Author:** ![mihai](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/35a633/32.png) [@mihai](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/mihai)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2007, 1:02pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/mouse-block-and-key-pressed-simulation/108511/5 "2007-07-05T13:02:15Z")
mihai wrote: > How can i block and release the mouse and keyboard and how can a > simulate a key pressed in ruby? (for exemple i want to press enter key) Hi Mihai, This may be a GUI toolkit specific issue. So, you need to look for the hint into the gui toolkit(eg. GTK, QT, Tk) specifications. All the best, Alin ---
**Author:** ![mihai](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/35a633/32.png) [@mihai](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/mihai)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2007, 3:07pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/mouse-block-and-key-pressed-simulation/108511/6 "2007-07-05T15:07:17Z")
> i have a window with OK and CANCEL button wich appears. and i want when > that window is active to block the mouse and the keyboard and send the > key enter to press the OK button This to me sounds like you’re trying to achieve keyboard and mouse emulation. Is this correct? ---
**Author:** ![mihai](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/35a633/32.png) [@mihai](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/mihai)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2007, 4:46pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/mouse-block-and-key-pressed-simulation/108511/7 "2007-07-05T16:46:32Z")
On Jul 5, 2007, at 8:06 AM, Dan Stevens (IAmAI) wrote: > > John J. wrote: > > > > > Depends … That’s what I mean by depends… it depends greatly on the environment you want it to work in. Unfortunately this sort of thing can be very implementation specific. Unix shell? Dos box? Windows? OS X ? KDE? All have their own ways of doing this stuff.