# Send Keyboard Input - Add Delay Between Chars

**URL:** https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/t/send-keyboard-input-add-delay-between-chars/4748
**Category:** Feature Requests
**Created:** [June 4, 2009, 6:35am UTC](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/t/send-keyboard-input-add-delay-between-chars/4748 "2009-06-04T06:35:04Z")
**Posts on this page:** 2
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### Author: ![sexy-trousers](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/user_avatar/www.finalbuilder.com/sexy-trousers/32/97_2.png) [@sexy-trousers](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/u/sexy-trousers)
#### Post date: [June 4, 2009, 6:35am UTC](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/t/send-keyboard-input-add-delay-between-chars/4748/1 "2009-06-04T06:35:04Z")

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It would be helpful to have an optional delay between sending keystrokes to a control i.e. send the keystrokes "test" with a 1 sec delay between them like "t-e-s-t".

TJ

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### Author: ![paulsamways](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/e8c25b/32.png) [@paulsamways](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/u/paulsamways)
#### Post date: [June 4, 2009, 8:07am UTC](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/t/send-keyboard-input-add-delay-between-chars/4748/2 "2009-06-04T08:07:41Z")

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Hi Tim,  
  
I'll add your request to the feature request list for a future version, in the mean time you'll need to split the string and send one character at a time, I've attached an example project which demonstrates one way to do this.  
  
Regards,  
Paul

[GUIAuto.zip](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/uploads/default/original/2X/9/9a981db880d8aef406b90d0f96f0c9aeb49de8f6.zip) (2.501 KB)