VS Code does not respond to input from xdotool

Question

I'm sending keystrokes from a terminal to VS Code using xdotool, but VS Code does not respond to them. I am successful in sending the same keystrokes to other applications using xdotool, just not VS Code.

Here is an example of what I am executing on the terminal (62918258 is the windowid of the application I'm sending the keystroke 'F8' to): xdotool key --window 62918258 F8

xdotool lets you programatically (or manually) simulate keyboard input and mouse activity, move and resize windows, etc. It does this using X11’s XTEST extension and other Xlib functions.

Any ideas how I can get xdotool to work with VS Code? Otherwise, could you suggest an alternative way of programatically sending keystrokes to VS Code?

Answer 1

VSCode is using Electron as UI framework, I suggest you ask this question on their repository page.