insert "100" followed by TAB-key

[martindoersch]

Hi!

I need something to "automatically" insert a number in a form and go to the next.

 

I have to assign grades to my students online. One line by one and there from 0 to 100 points. I have 140 students and want to be a little bit faster. So now I insert e.g. 100 than TAB and again 100 ...

 

My dream would be to insert in Alfred grade NUMBER and Alfred will insert the number and jumps to the next line (this works via tabulator key).

 

Has someone an idea for this?

Thanks a lot

Martin

[deanishe]

You can simulate a tab keypress with AppleScript:

 

tell application "System Events" to key code 48

 

Not sure how that's faster than hitting TAB yourself.

[nikivi]

You can also take a look at MadRuby for this. It stimulates keypresses for you and repeats them a set number of times.

[martindoersch]

@deanishe I want a workflow where I can maybe loop the whole thing. E.g. grade 100, 30. So I can specify the value "100" and repeat it in the for-loop "30" times.

The problem is... I can't write the code. So if you know how... PLEASE!

[deanishe]

So you want to be able to enter "100,30" and the workflow then sends "100<TAB>" 30 times to the active application? That's straightforward enough to do.

[martindoersch]

Here'S a screenshot

[deanishe]

Right, you're German.

 

In that case "100 30" might make more sense (space instead of comma), so you can enter decimals (e.g. "2,1 5").

[deanishe]

How's this?

 

Download from here.

Edited January 12, 2017 by deanishe

[martindoersch]

@deanishe do you have a paypal me link for me?

This is so amazing! Thaaaanks a lot!

[deanishe]

Glad you like it. The "Buy me a beer" link in my signature leads to Paypal.