You would think so eh, but in some cases it doesn’t work like that. Honestly. Some applications will block auto keypresses from external sources unless they are low level.
My code includes setting focus btw as mentioned above. Setting focus works fine. But the keypress itself disappears into the ether.
I am an automation developer btw. (among other things). Some of my applications use this very method to control various other applications. So I have had quite a lot of experience with this kind of issue.
Maybe you can give it (the DOWN ARROW keypress) a try with your chosen automation tool and see if it works for you.
Meanwhile, Touch Portal is doing it as it does allow sending of low level keypresses and programmable repeats.
btw: In fact our MSFS Hours & Hobbs tool is written using automation tools and Python.
