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user1771980
user1771980

Reputation: 205

How do I send key stroke Enter in Watir

I need to automate the action of hitting 'Enter' key on keyboard after entering a text in a text field. I tried @browser.send_keys :enter but that does not do the action. also have tried @browser.text_field(:name => 'q').send_keys :enter or @browser.text_field(:name => 'q').focus and then send_keys. But has not helped.

@browser.send_keys("{ENTER}")

does not help this too, this actually types ("{ENTER}")

Please let me know other ways of doing?

Upvotes: 11

Views: 9936

Answers (3)

user2070212
user2070212

Reputation: 71

try browse.send_keys :return

found it here http://watir.com/guides/special-keys/

Upvotes: 7

TrinitronX
TrinitronX

Reputation: 5203

Given the HTML:

<input type="text" size="30" class="searchText" dojoattachpoint="_searchTextAP" id="xwt_widget_uishell_Header17_2_search_searchTextAP" dojoattachevent="onfocus:_onFocus_searchTextAP,onblur:_onBlur_searchTextAP, onkeyup:_onKeyUp_searchTextAP">

It looks like the element is listening for these events (via dojo): onfocus, onblur, onKeyUp

To trigger these events, you'll need to use something like this:

browser.text_field(:id => /.*searchTextAP$/).focus
browser.element(:id => 'someOtherElement').focus
browser.text_field(:id => /.*searchTextAP$/).fire_event "onkeyup"

If you want to submit the form, you probably need to click the submit button (since you mentioned hitting :enter):

browser.button(:type => 'submit').click

If you really wanted to just send the :enter key, one of the other answers should work.

Upvotes: 0

Željko Filipin
Željko Filipin

Reputation: 57262

browser.send_keys :enter should do the job. Please provide link to the page, link to a similar page, or relevant HTML.

Upvotes: 11

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