AppNeta - How do I mimic keyboard commands in Selenium

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• AppNeta

Issue/Introduction

In AppNeta Experience, we have a selenium script which requires us to use a keyboard command.  

How can we delete or backspace to remove text from a field in Selenium?
Or can we hit TAB to move to the next field?
Or can we submit the login using Enter instead of clicking the submit button?

Resolution

The commands you are looking for is keyDown and keyUp.  These commands requires specifying the correct value.

From docs:

So as indicated above,  ENTER is \e007. 

Space is \e00D
Delete is \e017
Backspace is \e003
Escape is \e00C
Tab is \e004

When using the command, you can specify the target, or use a click command with a target preceding the keyDown. 
Use also keyUp to let go of the key command you specifed.

You may need to add a waitforElement or pause command, depending on your script and the next steps in your wokflow.

 

Key Code NULL U+E000 Cancel U+E001 Help U+E002 Back space U+E003 Tab U+E004 Clear U+E005 Return1 U+E006 Enter1 U+E007 Shift U+E008 Control U+E009 Alt U+E00A Pause U+E00B Escape U+E00C

Key Code Space U+E00D Pageup U+E00E Pagedown U+E00F End U+E010 Home U+E011 Left arrow U+E012 Up arrow U+E013 Right arrow U+E014 Down arrow U+E015 Insert U+E016 Delete U+E017 Semicolon U+E018 Equals U+E019

Key Code Numpad 0 U+E01A Numpad 1 U+E01B Numpad 2 U+E01C Numpad 3 U+E01D Numpad 4 U+E01E Numpad 5 U+E01F Numpad 6 U+E020 Numpad 7 U+E021 Numpad 8 U+E022 Numpad 9 U+E023

Key Code Multiply U+E024 Add U+E025 Separator U+E026 Subtract U+E027 Decimal U+E028 Divide U+E029

Key Code F1 U+E031 F2 U+E032 F3 U+E033 F4 U+E034 F5 U+E035 F6 U+E036 F7 U+E037 F8 U+E038 F9 U+E039 F10 U+E03A F11 U+E03B F12 U+E03C Command/Meta U+E03D