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Press a key as if it had come from the keyboard. Avoid using this for 'a-z|A-Z', things like the Editable Textbox in Slate expect OnKeyChar to be called to signal a specific character being send to the widget. So for those cases you should use SendKeyChar.

Target is Widget Interaction Component

Press Key

Target

Key

Repeat

Return Value

Inputs

	In Exec
	Target Widget Interaction Component Object Reference
	Key Key Structure
	Repeat Boolean

Outputs

	Out Exec
	Return Value Boolean	Press a key as if it had come from the keyboard. Avoid using this for 'a-z\|A-Z', things like the Editable Textbox in Slate expect OnKeyChar to be called to signal a specific character being send to the widget. So for those cases you should use SendKeyChar.

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