Handy Tip for Odoo Developers and Testers

Simulate a Barcode Scan Without a Physical Scanner!

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Working on Odoo’s Barcode application to manage logistics but don’t have a barcode scanner readily available for testing or development? No worries, I’ve got a quick trick for you!

🔧 How to Do It:

• Right-click on your screen.
• Select “Inspect” to open the developer tools.

• Go to the “Console” tab.
• Enter the following command:

odoo.__DEBUG__.services["web.core"].bus.trigger("barcode_scanned", "yourbarcodehere", $(".o_web_client")[0])

• Replace "yourbarcodehere" with the barcode you want to simulate.

And there you go! You’ve just simulated a barcode scan without needing a physical scanner. 🎉

📌 Quick Reminder

Testing your features by manually altering data doesn’t always mimic the exact behaviour of an actual scan. This trick is essential to ensure everything works seamlessly!