After update of chromedriver, .keys doesn't work

[Samuelfaure]

Node 10.16.2 Chromedriver 76 (updated from 2.46) @vue/cli-plugin-e2e-nightwatch 3.10 (updated from 3.8)

This passed before :

  "Press enter launch search": function(browser) {
    browser
      .url(browser.launch_url)
      .waitForElementVisible("body")
      .setValue("input[name=search]", "coca-cola")
      .keys(browser.Keys.ENTER)
      .assert.urlEquals(
        browser.launch_url + "search?fullText=coca-cola&page=1"
      );
    browser.end();
  },

After upgrade, doesn't pass. This pass :

  "Press enter launch search": function(browser) {
    browser
      .url(browser.launch_url)
      .waitForElementVisible("body")
      .setValue("input[name=search]", ["coca-cola", browser.Keys.ENTER])
      .assert.urlEquals(
        browser.launch_url + "search?fullText=coca-cola&page=1"
      );
    browser.end();
  },

Checking the logs, I see an error :

INFO Request: POST /wd/hub/session/96753c5c576ae628a9fe3321faf345ce/keys 
 - data:  {"value":["\ue007"]} 
 - headers:  {"Content-Type":"application/json; charset=utf-8","Content-Length":20}
ERROR Response 500 POST /wd/hub/session/96753c5c576ae628a9fe3321faf345ce/keys (15ms) { value:
   { message:
      'sendKeysToActiveElement\nBuild info: version: \'3.141.59\', revision: \'e82be7d358\', time: \'2018-11-14T08:25:53\'\nSystem info: host: \'thinkplume\', ip: \'127.0.1.1\', os.name: \'Linux\', os.arch: \'amd64\', os.version: \'5.2.6-arch1-1-ARCH\', java.version: \'1.8.0_222\'\nDriver info: driver.version: unknown',
     error: 'unknown command' },
  status: 9 }
LOG     → Completed command keys (16 ms)

My nightwatch.conf.js :

require("@babel/register")();

// http://nightwatchjs.org/gettingstarted#settings-file

const deepmerge = require("deepmerge");
const userOptions = JSON.parse(process.env.VUE_NIGHTWATCH_USER_OPTIONS || "{}");

module.exports = deepmerge(
  {
    src_folders: ["tests/e2e/specs"],
    output_folder: "tests/e2e/reports",
    custom_assertions_path: ["tests/e2e/custom-assertions"],

    selenium: {
      start_process: true,
      server_path: require("selenium-server").path,
      host: "127.0.0.1",
      port: 4444,
      cli_args: {
        "webdriver.chrome.driver": require("chromedriver").path
      }
    },

    test_settings: {
      default: {
        selenium_port: 4444,
        selenium_host: "localhost",
        silent: true,
        test_workers: true,
        desiredCapabilities: {
          browserName: "chrome",
          javascriptEnabled: true,
          acceptSslCerts: true
        },
        // Base too big to be imported right now
        // launch_url: "http://localhost:8080/"
        launch_url: "https://sandbox.entreprise.data.gouv.fr/",
        globals: {
          // 15 seconds timeout for devs with slow connection / computer
          waitForConditionTimeout: 15000
        }
      },
      production: {
        launch_url: "https://entreprise.data.gouv.fr/"
      },
      sandbox: {
        launch_url: "https://sandbox.entreprise.data.gouv.fr/"
      },
      travis: {
        test_workers: false,
        launch_url: "https://sandbox.entreprise.data.gouv.fr/"
      }
    }
  },
  userOptions
);

[ventil8]

Any update on this? I am seeing similar issue around the session...

[vlad-vinogradov]

as workaround:

try

.setValue("input[name=search]", "coca-cola" + browser.Keys.ENTER)

or use the following settings:

webdriver: { use_legacy_jsonwire: true },
desiredCapabilities: {
   'goog:chromeOptions': { w3c: false },
   ...
}

[stale[bot]]

This issue has been automatically marked as stale because it has not had any recent activity. If possible, please retry using the latest Nightwatch version and update the issue with any relevant details. If no further activity occurs, it will be closed. Thank you for your contribution.

[tejasshekokar]

I'm also facing the same issue on browser.keys(browser.Keys.ENTER). Any update on this?

[cskubatz]

I am also facing this issue. The command browser.keys(browser.Keys.RETURN); did not work. In nightwatch verbose mode i just see → Running command: keys ('') → Completed command: keys ('') (1ms) and got no error output. I am using "chromedriver": "78.0.1", "nightwatch": "1.3.1" and "chrome": "78.0.3904.108".

[rankida]

I also see this issue but it looks like it might have just been fixed: https://github.com/nightwatchjs/nightwatch/issues/2262#event-2857336184

[cskubatz]

After updating to NW 1.3.2 the problem is solved.

Changelog excerpt: Fixed #2262 - keys() command stopped working due to a regression

Thanks for fixing the issue! 👍

[stale[bot]]

This issue has been automatically marked as stale because it has not had any recent activity. If possible, please retry using the latest Nightwatch version and update the issue with any relevant details. If no further activity occurs, it will be closed. Thank you for your contribution.

[rahulb3521]

as workaround:

try

.setValue("input[name=search]", "coca-cola" + browser.Keys.ENTER)

Thank you this workaround was very useful