sendKeys(Keys.TAB) or Keys.ENTER etc doesn't work in Appium for MAC

[navinjoy]

Hi Dan,

I have the below simple code for TextEdit in OSX and its currently doesn't work the way it suppose to for Keyboard events Keys.TAB, Keys.ENTER.

I am not quite sure where's the issue is? whether its with sendKeys() method or the Keyboard events. Can you please have a look at the same.

import java.net.MalformedURLException; import java.net.URL;

import org.openqa.selenium.By; import org.openqa.selenium.Keys; import org.openqa.selenium.Platform; import org.openqa.selenium.WebDriver; import org.openqa.selenium.WebElement; import org.openqa.selenium.remote.DesiredCapabilities; import org.openqa.selenium.remote.RemoteWebDriver;

public class TextEdit {

public static void main(String[] args) throws MalformedURLException, InterruptedException {

    DesiredCapabilities capabilities = new DesiredCapabilities();
    capabilities.setPlatform(Platform.MAC);
    WebDriver appdriver = new RemoteWebDriver(new URL("http://localhost:8080/wd/hub"), capabilities);
    appdriver.get("TextEdit");

    WebElement textArea = appdriver.findElement(By.xpath("//AXTextArea[@AXRole='AXTextArea']"));
    textArea.sendKeys("Hello World");
    Thread.sleep(2000);
    textArea.sendKeys(Keys.TAB);
    Thread.sleep(2000);
    textArea.sendKeys("*******");
    appdriver.quit();

}

}

[sangeethasriniv]

Does your app have any hidden text field under the text area?

[navinjoy]

Thank you for the response.

There are no hidden text fields and they are Dojo controls.

Regards Navin

Sent from my iPhone

On Mar 4, 2014, at 9:26 AM, Sangeetha notifications@github.com wrote:

Does your app have any hidden text field under the text area?

Reply to this email directly or view it on GitHubhttps://github.com/appium/appium-for-mac/issues/6#issuecomment-36650241 .

[fangmobile]

Hi Navin, First of all please try to use this url when creating your remotedriver http://127.0.0.1:4622/wd/hub That being said, I think the special key code is not handled properly on the server side. A fix might be needed.

[miksch123]

I wonder if it is possible to use seleniums action class to send enter or tab key...

[Wizr]

@navinjoy After reading the code and trying, I found this send_keys("\uE007") works for ENTER