Select all text in a textbox Selenium RC using Ctrl + A

Question

I am trying to select all the text in a textbox in order to clear the textbox. I am using Ctrl+A to do this using the following Python 2.7 code on Selenium RC standalone 2.20.0.jar Server on Windows 7 firefox:

from selenium import selenium
s = selenium('remote-machine-ip', 4444, '*chrome', 'http://my-website-with-textbox')
locator = 'mylocator-of-textbox'
s.open()
s.type(locator, 'mytext')
s.focus(locator)
s.control_key_down()
s.key_down(locator, "A")
s.key_press(locator, "A")
s.key_up(locator, "A")
s.control_key_up()

# Nothing happens here... I cannot see the text getting selected...

# Nothing gets cleared here except the last char
s.key_down(locator, chr(8))  # Pressing backspace
s.key_press(locator, chr(8))
s.key_up(locator, chr(8))

Any help? Thanks, Amit

Answer 1

I'm using clear() in WebDriver without any hassle...

el = self.selenium.find_element_by_name(name)
el.clear()