Press TAB and then ENTER key in Selenium WebDriver

Question

Press TAB and then ENTER key in Selenium WebDriver

GenericKeywords.typein(class.variable, PageLength); pagelength is nothing but string.

After this code, I have to give Tab key. I don't know how to give Tab key in Selenium WebDriver?

Masry

TestNG has no contribute to press the key. You can do it by Selenium WebDriver, TestNG is used for test verification/assertion – Buenabuenaventura

As you are using TestNG framework, it is easy to understand you are using Java language. – Buenabuenaventura

Answer 1

Using Java:

WebElement webElement = driver.findElement(By.xpath(""));//You can use xpath, ID or name whatever you like
webElement.sendKeys(Keys.TAB);
webElement.sendKeys(Keys.ENTER);

Radtke

Keys.TAB should be Keys.Tab (remove the capitilization). -sulu – Heterochromosome

Keys.TAB should be Key.TAB see github.com/DefinitelyTyped/DefinitelyTyped/blob/master/types/… – Mahayana

what is Keys? – Doorstone

@NicolasGervais it's selenium.webdriver.common.keys.Keys – Verlinevermeer

Why we need element for this? – Arguseyed

Answer 2

In javascript (node.js) this works for me:

describe('UI', function() {

describe('gets results from Bing', function() {
    this.timeout(10000);

    it('makes a search', function(done) {
        var driver = new webdriver.Builder().
        withCapabilities(webdriver.Capabilities.chrome()).
        build();


        driver.get('http://bing.com');
        var input = driver.findElement(webdriver.By.name('q'));
        input.sendKeys('something');
        input.sendKeys(webdriver.Key.ENTER);

        driver.wait(function() {
            driver.findElement(webdriver.By.className('sb_count')).
                getText().
                then(function(result) {
                  console.log('result: ', result);
                  done();
            });
        }, 8000);


    });
  });
});

For tab use webdriver.Key.TAB

Discharge

Hi idophir, I'm writing automated mobile tests using Node.js and wd.js, but for some reason this doesn't work for me. In a node repl, when I type require('wd').key, it's undefined. When I type require('wd').SPECIAL_KEYS, I get a list of keys including tab. But when I do this: .sendKeys(wd.SPECIAL_KEYS.Tab) it sends a smiley face. Not amused! haha do you know if there is a way to do this with wd for mobile automation? Here's what I'm using: npmjs.com/package/wd – Hagride

Answer 3

Using Java:

private WebDriver driver = new FirefoxDriver();
WebElement element = driver.findElement(By.id("<ElementID>"));//Enter ID for the element. You can use Name, xpath, cssSelector whatever you like
element.sendKeys(Keys.TAB);
element.sendKeys(Keys.ENTER);

Using C#:

private IWebDriver driver = new FirefoxDriver();
IWebElement element = driver.FindElement(By.Name("q"));
element.SendKeys(Keys.Tab);
element.SendKeys(Keys.Enter);

Buenabuenaventura

Answer 4

In python this work for me

self.set_your_value = "your value"

def your_method_name(self):      
    self.driver.find_element_by_name(self.set_your_value).send_keys(Keys.TAB)`

Wholehearted

Answer 5

Be sure to include the Key in the imports...

const {Builder, By, logging, until, Key} = require('selenium-webdriver');

searchInput.sendKeys(Key.ENTER) worked great for me

Ostium

Answer 6

Sometimes Tab will not move forward, you can use with combination of Tab and Enter keys as below

Using C# :

Driver.SwitchTo().Window(Driver.WindowHandles[1]);
IWebElement element = Driver.FindElement(By.TagName("body"));  
element.SendKeys(Keys.Tab + Keys.Enter);                
Driver.SwitchTo().Window(Driver.WindowHandles[0]);

Epigynous

Answer 7

Here is the code to enter text and press enter after that as below:

public static void sendKeysNEnter(WebDriver wb, String sXpah, String sEnterValues, boolean bIsEnter) {
    try {
        WebElement webelement = wb.findElement(By.xpath(sXpah));
        webelement.click();
        webelement.clear();
        webelement.sendKeys(sEnterValues);
        if (bIsEnter) {
            webelement.sendKeys(Keys.ENTER);
        }
    }

    catch (Exception e) {
        e.printStackTrace();
    }
}

FYI here is the code to enter an text and then press tab as below:

public static void sendKeysNEnterTab(WebDriver wb, String sXpah, String sEnterValues, boolean bIsEnterTab) {
    try {
        WebElement webelement = wb.findElement(By.xpath(sXpah));
        webelement.click();
        webelement.clear();
        webelement.sendKeys(sEnterValues);
        if (bIsEnterTab) {
            webelement.sendKeys(Keys.TAB);
        }
    }

    catch (Exception e) {
        e.printStackTrace();
    }
}

Here is the code to press enter using webelement as below:

WebElement webelement;
webelement.sendKeys(Keys.TAB);

It perfectly works for me, Thanks.

Groundspeed

Answer 8

for python :

# …
# add Keys and ActionChains declaration :
from selenium.webdriver import Keys, ActionChains

driver.get("https://my-web-site")
ActionChains(driver)   \
    .send_keys(Keys.TAB)\
    .perform()
ActionChains(driver)   \
    .send_keys(Keys.ENTER)\
    .perform()

selenium webdriver v4.17

see https://www.selenium.dev/documentation/webdriver/actions_api/keyboard/
and https://github.com/SeleniumHQ/seleniumhq.github.io/blob/trunk/examples/python/tests/actions_api/test_keys.py#L34-L36

Humdinger

Answer 9

WebElement webElement = driver.findElement(By.xpath(""));

//Enter the xpath or ID.

     webElement.sendKeys("");

//Input the string to pass.

     webElement.sendKeys(Keys.TAB);

//This will enter the string which you want to pass and will press "Tab" button .

Groundspeed