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Allow for sending multiple key presses simultaneously #929

Open smithj19 opened 4 years ago

smithj19 commented 4 years ago

🚀 Feature Proposal

Allow for sending multiple key presses simultaneously as part of the same testing step. For example, sending CTRL+S to use a keyboard shortcut to Save.

Motivation

Allows for more complex keyboard input options and the use of application keyboard shortcuts.

Example

Sending CTRL+S (or any other keyboard shortcuts supported by the application. For example any of those listed here: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics365/customerengagement/on-premises/basics/keyboard-shortcuts) to activate application features and functionality.

yuzhva commented 3 years ago

One of the possible solutions to test a press of keys combinations (shortcut/hotkey) propose in that thread: https://github.com/SeleniumHQ/selenium-ide/issues/754#issuecomment-688308753

After spending a couple of days for research, I finally found the way to simulate Shortcuts in Selenium IDE through the execute script command:

const el = document.querySelector('CSS_SELECTOR_GOES_HERE');

const eventShortcut = new KeyboardEvent('keydown', {
  bubbles: true,
  keyCode: 80,
  ctrlKey: true,
});

el.dispatchEvent(event);

The trick here is that bubbles: true is required param.