How to send ESC key to close pop up window using Python and Selenium?

Question

As mentioned, is there a way to send global ESC key to close popup(CSS MODAL Window)? I tried following but did not work:

driver.find_element_by_tag_name('body').send_keys(Keys.ESCAPE)

I know I can use xPath etc but issue is the site has dynamic elementIds and classnames.

Overcloud

What kind of popup? Alert, window or frame? – Tillandsia

@ElRuso Modal Div – Overcloud

Related, see Typing Enter/Return key using Python and Selenium? – Jiva

Answer 1

You don't need to send keys to the element, you need to press them globally (to browser).

You can do it via Actions.

from selenium import webdriver
from selenium.webdriver.common.keys import Keys

webdriver.ActionChains(driver).send_keys(Keys.ESCAPE).perform()

You can see more info in Webdriver API - 7.2 Action Chains doc

Chockfull

I had to add the import of ActionChains in order to get this to work, and just used ActionChains(driver).send_keys(Keys.ESCAPE).perform() without the webdriver bit in front. Import info here: https://mcmap.net/q/451318/-has-anyone-used-actionchains-of-webdriver-python-binding – Ancestress

you need to import first thing you are going to work with - in this example it's either webdriver or ActionChains – Chockfull

This works for me in desktop chrome, safari, firefox and edge, and in chrome on a samsung S23 emulator, but fails in Safari on iphone 14 with selenium.common.exceptions.WebDriverException: Message: An unknown server-side error occurred while processing the command. Original error: Error Domain=com.facebook.WebDriverAgent Code=1 "It is mandatory to have at least one gesture item defined for each action. Action with id 'mouse' contains none" – Turbellarian

Answer 2

This code will send the "Esc" key in the browser window:

from selenium.webdriver.common.action_chains import ActionChains
from selenium.webdriver.common.keys import Keys
def sendesc(browser):
    ActionChains(browser).send_keys(Keys.ESCAPE).perform()

Janiecejanifer

Could you add some human explanations of your solution, please ? that would be great : ) easier to understand – Thinia

@snoobdogg it initialize an action chain that will send the "Esc" key to the window of the browser, and then run the action chain – Janiecejanifer

Answer 3

I code my Selenium Python scripts in the AppRobotic Personal editor, and just insert its Windows macro functionality in between Selenium actions.

import win32com.client
x = win32com.client.Dispatch("AppRobotic.API")
from selenium import webdriver

x.Type("{ESCAPE}")

Patroon

Answer 4

try also this it will go back to the previous driver u had

driver.back()

Aida

this is different. based on documentation driver.back() goes one step backward in the browser history selenium-python.readthedocs.io/… – Opening