AppNeta - How do I mimic keyboard commands in Selenium

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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?
How can I scroll the Page Down?

Resolution

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

More details can be found on our Techdocs:

When using the command, you can specify the target (seen below using id= ), or simply use the keyboard command on the page without selecting a target and using only the keyDown value.

Then use keyUp to let go of the key command you specified.

So as indicated above, keyDown is simulating pressing the ENTER Key, which is represented as \e007. 

Other popular keys which might be used for navigating the website:

Space is \e00D
Delete is \e017
Backspace is \e003
Escape is \e00C
Tab is \e004
Page Down is \e00f

 

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

Here's a small list of Code Values.  When using the following Code values, make sure to only include the E### values and to include a backslash before the E.  i.e.: \E00F

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

Additional Information

If you need to scroll down on a Web Page, you can use the Page Down or Page Up keyboard keys with keyDown and keyUp.

Additional Values can be found below.

 

  null: "\ue000",
  cancel: "\ue001",
  help: "\ue002",
  backspace: "\ue003",
  tab: "\ue004",
  clear: "\ue005",
  return: "\ue006",
  enter: "\ue007",
  shift: "\ue008",
  left_shift: "\ue008",
  control: "\ue009",
  left_control: "\ue009",
  alt: "\ue00A",
  left_alt: "\ue00A",
  pause: "\ue00B",
  escape: "\ue00C",
  space: "\ue00D",
  page_up: "\ue00E",
  page_down: "\ue00F",
  end: "\ue010",
  home: "\ue011",
  left: "\ue012",
  arrow_left: "\ue012",
  up: "\ue013",
  arrow_up: "\ue013",
  right: "\ue014",
  arrow_right: "\ue014",
  down: "\ue015",
  arrow_down: "\ue015",
  insert: "\ue016",
  delete: "\ue017",
  semicolon: "\ue018",
  equals: "\ue019",
  numpad0: "\ue01A",
  numpad1: "\ue01B",
  numpad2: "\ue01C",
  numpad3: "\ue01D",
  numpad4: "\ue01E",
  numpad5: "\ue01F",
  numpad6: "\ue020",
  numpad7: "\ue021",
  numpad8: "\ue022",
  numpad9: "\ue023",
  multiply: "\ue024",
  add: "\ue025",
  separator: "\ue026",
  subtract: "\ue027",
  decimal: "\ue028",
  divide: "\ue029",
  f1: "\ue031",
  f2: "\ue032",
  f3: "\ue033",
  f4: "\ue034",
  f5: "\ue035",
  f6: "\ue036",
  f7: "\ue037",
  f8: "\ue038",
  f9: "\ue039",
  f10: "\ue03A",
  f11: "\ue03B",
  f12: "\ue03C",
  meta: "\ue03D",
  command: "\ue03D", # alias
  left_meta: "\ue03D", # alias
  zenkaku_hankaku: "\uE040",
  right_shift: "\ue050",
  right_control: "\ue051",
  right_alt: "\ue052",
  right_meta: "\ue053",
  numpad_page_up: "\ue054",
  numpad_page_down: "\ue055",
  numpad_end: "\ue056",
  numpad_home: "\ue057",
  numpad_left: "\ue058",
  numpad_up: "\ue059",
  numpad_right: "\ue05A",
  numpad_down: "\ue05B",
  numpad_insert: "\ue05C",
  numpad_delete: "\ue05D"