Java Robot with Azerty vrs Qwerty

Question

I hope this isn't a duplicate, but I've scoured the forums and have yet to find any answers.

I am having issues with my java application using the Robot class to type text. The text is provided and the application types it out. When the user has a QWERTY keyboard everything works fine. When the user has an AZERTY keyboard the values come out incorrectly.

For example feeding "1234567890" into the software types "&é"'(§è!çà"

I'm hoping some people have an idea how to support multiple keyboard layouts. Thank you in advance.

Here is a snippet

String TRANSLATION_SHIFT = "~!@#$%^&*()_+{}|:\"<>?";
String TRANSLATION_NON_SHIFT = "`1234567890-=[]\\;',./";
Robot robot = new Robot();
String text = "1234567890";
int key;
for (char c: text.toCharArray()){
  switch(c){
    ....
    case '0':
      key = KeyEvent.VK_0;
      break;
case '1':
  key = KeyEvent.VK_1;
  break;
...(etc etc)...
case '9':
  key = KeyEvent.VK_9;
  break;
    ...
  }
  robot.keyPress(key);
  robot.keyRelease(key);
}

There is also code in there to

Streak

Answer 1

I think you will need to be aware of the Keyboard layout, I am not sure if there is some built-in function to specify the locale to the Robot class, but you can find an wrapper implementation for Robot class that support different keyboard layouts see this library

Polarize

The linked repository is dead nowadays. It hardly hosts any material any more. Is there an updated link available? – Cabbala

I think the project has moved to github. The keyboard relevant part is in github.com/holgerbrandl/windowlicker/tree/master/src/core/main/… – Requirement