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Class Root

Node --+
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      Root

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Instance Methods

applications(self)
Get all applications.

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application(self, appName)
Gets an application by name, returning an Application instance or raising an exception.

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Inherited from Node: blink, button, child, childLabelled, childNamed, click, contains, deselect, deselectAll, doAction, doubleClick, dump, findAncestor, findChild, findChildren, getAbsoluteSearchPath, getChildAtPoint, getLogString, getRelativeSearch, getUserVisibleStrings, grabFocus, keyCombo, menu, menuItem, satisfies, select, selectAll, tab, textentry, typeText

Inherited from Node (private): _fastFindChild, _getActions, _getCaretOffset, _getChildren, _getComboValue, _getDead, _getDebugName, _getExtents, _getMaxValue, _getMinValue, _getMinValueIncrement, _getPosition, _getSelected, _getSelectedChildren, _getSize, _getText, _getURI, _getValue, _isChecked, _isFocusable, _isFocused, _isSensitive, _isShowing, _labelee, _labeler, _setCaretOffset, _setComboValue, _setDebugName, _setText, _setValue

Properties

Inherited from Node: URI, actions, caretOffset, checked, children, combovalue, dead, debugName, extents, focusable, focused, indexInParent, isSelected, labelee, labeler, labellee, labeller, maxValue, minValue, minValueIncrement, position, role, roleName, selectedChildren, sensitive, showing, size, text, value

Method Details

application(self, appName)

Gets an application by name, returning an Application instance or raising an exception.

This is implemented using findChild, and hence will automatically retry if no such child is found, and will eventually raise an exception. It also logs the search.