Can usb.device.keyboard send strings?

[pudah]

Can the keyboard_example be modified to send a string upon button press instead of just a single keycode? Does anything like that exist for the micropython usb keyboard library?

[scruss]

Keyboards send characters. If you need to send a string, send it as individual key presses.

[mattytrentini]

A simple solution should just be to wrap up send_keys.

[Josverl]

I created my own macro keypad where I can add in longer strings to be used as demo prompts
part of that is translating strings, and sending that as keypresses.
The repo was still private , I switched it to Public just now.
https://github.com/Josverl/Promptboard/blob/3267b8ac4b6bee1ef6dba82dc12079c6a035d9c4/src/macro_kc.py#L113

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[pudah]

I created my own macro keypad where I can add in longer strings to be used as demo prompts part of that is translating strings, and sending that as keypresses. The repo was still private , I switched it to Public just now. https://github.com/Josverl/Promptboard/blob/3267b8ac4b6bee1ef6dba82dc12079c6a035d9c4/src/macro_kc.py#L113

I'm getting a 404 on that link

[Josverl]

Ooops, now I really made it public 😔

[pudah]

Thanks very much. I'll take a look.

[ThomasAtBBTF]

MicroPython 1.26
I am encountering a strange problem....
Unlike many others, I have no problems receiving LED notifications from the central, but
I am unable to send any characters / keypresses or releases!
I tried with the HID Keyboard descriptor from this library and also with a BLE HID Keyboard descriptor which I works fine for me..
This makes me curious about version 1.26, which introduced a kind of "regression" that is causing this.

Please share your experience with version 1.26 and the implementation of a USB HID Keyboard on a plain ESP32S3 Wroom board.
And yes, I tried three different brands of boards with the same results and findings.

[scruss]

try v1.26.1: Release Patch release for ESP32 native USB support · micropython/micropython
... and maybe start a new discussion, as this question is unrelated to the last