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Joel
Joel

Reputation: 30156

Simulate TAB keypress event in Selenium RC

I need to simulate a tab keypress in Selenium RC, using the Java API.

I do this after having entered some text using:

selenium.type(input, "mytext");

I've tried 3 alternatives to get the tab working:

selenium.keyPress(input, "\\9");

and:

selenium.focus(input);
selenium.keyPressNative("09");

and even:

selenium.getEval("var evt = window.document.createEvent('KeyboardEvent');evt.initKeyEvent ('keypress', true, true, window,0, 0, 0, 0,0, 9,0);window.document.getElementsByTagName('input')[2].dispatchEvent(evt);")

The best I can get is a "tab space" to be inserted after my text so I end up with this in the input field:

"mytext    "

What I actually want is to tab to the next control. Any clues? Thanks!

(Note: I have to use tab and can not use focus or select to chose the element I want to go to, for various reasons, so no suggestions along these lines please!)

Upvotes: 16

Views: 18415

Answers (5)

Nathan Merrill
Nathan Merrill

Reputation: 8386

Use typeKeys():

Quoting the above link:

Unlike the simple "type" command, which forces the specified value into the page directly, this command may or may not have any visible effect, even in cases where typing keys would normally have a visible effect. For example, if you use "typeKeys" on a form element, you may or may not see the results of what you typed in the field.

In some cases, you may need to use the simple "type" command to set the value of the field and then the "typeKeys" command to send the keystroke events corresponding to what you just typed.

Upvotes: 0

Bharath
Bharath

Reputation: 1665

Improvising Ryley's answer, we can use

selenium.keyDownNative(java.awt.event.KeyEvent.VK_TAB + "");
selenium.keyUpNative(java.awt.event.KeyEvent.VK_TAB + "");

I tried this method for VK_CONTROL in IE and it worked good.

Upvotes: 1

Rony Neri
Rony Neri

Reputation: 11

Some functions may used Onblur. It will trigger the function when the field lose the key focus. here we can use fireEvent with "blur" or "focus" command as follows: command: fireEvent target: id=your_field_identification value: blur

Reference: http://qaselenium.blogspot.com/2011/01/how-to-triger-tab-key-in-selenium.html

Upvotes: 1

Horia Dragomir
Horia Dragomir

Reputation: 2888

Try the official TAB char: \t or \u0009

Upvotes: 3

Ryley
Ryley

Reputation: 21226

selenium.keyPressNative(java.awt.event.KeyEvent.VK_TAB + "");

I don't use the Java API, but this post from google groups suggests it is your solution. I can't imagine that "9" is different from "09" in your question, but give it a try?

Upvotes: 4

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