I need to simulate a tab keypress in Selenium RC, using the Java API.
I do this after having entered some text using:
selenium.type(input, "mytext");
I've tried 3 alternatives to get the tab working:
selenium.keyPress(input, "\\9");
and:
selenium.focus(input);
selenium.keyPressNative("09");
and even:
selenium.getEval("var evt = window.document.createEvent('KeyboardEvent');evt.initKeyEvent ('keypress', true, true, window,0, 0, 0, 0,0, 9,0);window.document.getElementsByTagName('input')[2].dispatchEvent(evt);")
The best I can get is a "tab space" to be inserted after my text so I end up with this in the input field:
"mytext "
What I actually want is to tab to the next control. Any clues? Thanks!
(Note: I have to use tab and can not use focus or select to chose the element I want to go to, for various reasons, so no suggestions along these lines please!)
selenium.keyPressNative(java.awt.event.KeyEvent.VK_TAB + "");
I don't use the Java API, but this post from google groups suggests it is your solution. I can't imagine that "9" is different from "09" in your question, but give it a try?
Try the official TAB char: \t or \u0009
Some functions may used Onblur. It will trigger the function when the field lose the key focus. here we can use fireEvent with "blur" or "focus" command as follows:
command: fireEvent
target: id=your_field_identification
value: blur
Reference: http://qaselenium.blogspot.com/2011/01/how-to-triger-tab-key-in-selenium.html
Improvising Ryley's answer, we can use
selenium.keyDownNative(java.awt.event.KeyEvent.VK_TAB + "");
selenium.keyUpNative(java.awt.event.KeyEvent.VK_TAB + "");
I tried this method for VK_CONTROL in IE and it worked good.
Use typeKeys():
Quoting the above link:
Unlike the simple "type" command, which forces the specified value into the page directly, this command may or may not have any visible effect, even in cases where typing keys would normally have a visible effect. For example, if you use "typeKeys" on a form element, you may or may not see the results of what you typed in the field.
In some cases, you may need to use the simple "type" command to set the value of the field and then the "typeKeys" command to send the keystroke events corresponding to what you just typed.
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I'm adding keyboard shortcuts to a Flutter web application.
I have a form within a custom FocusableActionDetector where the shortcut has form like this:
SingleActivator(LogicalKeyboardKey.digit2)
and action is like:
CustomActivateIntent: CallbackAction<CustomActivateIntent>(
onInvoke: (intent) { provider.value = "2"; },)
In the same form I have a couple of numeric TextFormFields. To permit writing the character "2" I have to put these text fields inside some new FocusableActionDetector, otherwise the previous detector catches the command and the text field loses the "2" character, and this is already quite weird... Moreover, after writing in any of the text fields the form focus detector doesn't work anymore.
I think this could be related to the focus system, which is yet not that clear to me.
Can anyone help find a clean solution?
I found a workaround: the FocusableActionDetector is now preceded by an if statement. The code looks like the following:
// I extract the form to a widget to make it clearer
var searchWidget = SearchWidget();
child: textEditingInProgress
? searchWidget
: FocusableActionDetector(
child: searchWidget,
...,
),
The textEditingInProgress bool is a field in a provider and is controlled by the FocusNodes belonging to the TextControllers.
Still this is not a perfect solution, in particular I'd like to understand why the previous approach was not working.
I need to log in to a popup window and I tested every method proposed by people and none of them worked! So what I am trying to do is to simply go to a url and promptly type the username\t and password and hit the Enter. Normally this can be done by choosing that input element, but not in this case. How can I type without choosing the element?
This is what I've tried and has worked for me in the past.
System.Windows.Forms.SendKeys.SendWait("UserNoome");
System.Windows.Forms.SendKeys.SendWait({TAB});
System.Windows.Forms.SendKeys.SendWait("Passwoord");
Assuming the focus is on the frame. Try using Actions for the needful [code in java] :
Actions action = new Actions(webdriver); //replace with your driver
action.sendKeys("username").perform();
action.sendKeys("\t").perform(); //possibly Keys.TAB
action.sendKeys("password").perform();
action.sendKeys("\n").perform(); //possibly Keys.ENTER
Edit : Also keyDown(Keys.TAB) could be used as an alternate to sendKeys("\t")
Version : Using HP-UFT Tool 11.53 Build 0382.
Question :Wanted to automate Function key F9 for my script but I am not able to as I do for normal keyboard keys what is method to do so.
Work Done : Try to Record for function key Hitting But no record is create for it.
Scenario : In my application on F9 press one popup would come and I just want to test it using UFT Tool.
You can use sendkeys, if you want to hit any key from keyboard. Try the below code.
Set oWscript = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
oWscript.sendkeys"{F9}"
In UFT Window has a Type method, the parameter for this method is a string but there are special values for special keys. For you case you probably want micF9.
Please look and Window.Type's documentation for more details.
I'm using the following statement to clear text filed value:
input.value("abc")
input.value("")
input.value("def")
But, instead of clearing and set new value, it is appending the new value to old value. ('abcdef').
Is there any way to clear the TextField, before setting new val?
You can clear using the selenium element:
input.firstElement().clear()
And you can send keys using << like so:
input << "abc"
You can use the selenium Keys to backspace the texts that you already had entered. You can try many different ways to accomplish that. Here is a simple way to do that:
import org.openqa.selenium.Keys
input.value("abc")
input.value(Keys.chord(Keys.CONTROL, "A")+Keys.BACK_SPACE)
input.value("def")
It should do the job. Let us know whether it worked for you or not!
Cheers#!
I want be able click on link from drop down using selenium with phpunit. I don't have any idea how make it happens, can anyone show me example or relevant tutorial, post or anything that can help me figure out.
when I try click on the element without put mouse over the drop down I got this error:
Element is not currently visible and so may not be interact with command ....
Thanks.
EDIT:
when I said "drop down" I don't mean regular select. it more like popup
you can see the example here:
http://investing.com
look how they build the menu I want be able click on 'Technical' -> 'Fibonacci Calculator' for example.
Check this post out:
Selenium: How to select an option from a select menu?
You can find more info about this here
select(selectLocator, optionLocator)
Arguments:
selectLocator - an element locator identifying a drop-down menu
optionLocator - an option locator (a label by default)
Select an option from a drop-down using an option locator.
Option locators provide different ways of specifying options of an HTML Select element (e.g. for selecting a specific option, or for asserting that the selected option satisfies a specification). There are several forms of Select Option Locator.
label=labelPattern: matches options based on their labels, i.e. the visible text. (This is the default.)
label=regexp:^[Oo]ther
value=valuePattern: matches options based on their values.
value=other
id=id: matches options based on their ids.
id=option1
index=index: matches an option based on its index (offset from zero).
index=2
If no option locator prefix is provided, the default behaviour is to match on label.
Credits go to Dave Hunt
What I use:
$search13 = $this->webDriver->findElement(WebDriverBy::id('id_of_dropdown_field'));
$search13->click(); // Clicking on the dropdownfield
$this->webDriver->getKeyboard()->pressKey('ARROW_DOWN'); // Will go down in your dropdown selection )
sleep(1);
$this->webDriver->getKeyboard()->pressKey('ENTER'); // Enter for submitting your selection
EDIT:
http://www.anitpatel.net/2012/02/25/selenium-webdriver-how-to-click-on-a-hidden-link-or-menu/
This one explains it in java but basically what he does is a mouse over/hover and wait.
Then he clicks on the element.
I'm not a java genius but it's an example how to work with it.
You can use the:
string mouseOver(string $locator)
This simulates a user hovering a mouse over the specified element.
http://docs.tadiavo.com/phpunit/www.phpunit.de/pocket_guide/3.1/en/selenium.html
Check if the element is visible using the xpath of the required option value.
$this->isElementPresent($xpath);
$this->click($xpath);
If it is true, then click() method selects the specified option.