Selenium ChromeDriver C# - How to send a shortcut browser

Question

How can I send a Chrome shortcut with Selenium ? I mean shortcuts like Ctrl+S, Ctrl+T or Ctrl+P which has nothing to do with WebElements. I read a lot of similar questions there, but none of the suggested solutions work for me.

Let's say I want to open a new tab (Ctrl+T) on the browser, I tried all the following code without success:

1. The "standard" way :

   IWebElement body = myDriver.FindElement(By.TagName("body"));
   body.SendKeys(Keys.Control + "t");
   

2. The action way :

   Actions action = new Actions(myDriver);
   action.SendKeys(Keys.Control + "t").Build().Perform();
   

3. The ChromeDriver way 1 :

   if(myDriver is ChromeDriver)
   {
       ChromeDriver chromeDriver = myDriver as ChromeDriver;
       chromeDriver.Keyboard.SendKeys(Keys.Control + "t");
   }
   

4. The ChromeDriver way 2 :

   ChromeDriver chromeDriver = myDriver as ChromeDriver;
   chromeDriver.Keyboard.PressKey(Keys.Control);
   chromeDriver.Keyboard.PressKey("t");
   chromeDriver.Keyboard.ReleaseKey(Keys.Control);
   chromeDriver.Keyboard.ReleaseKey("t");
   

Notice that the first way i mentionned worked for me with other WebDriver than Chrome. I use :

• Selenium 3.0.1
• ChromeDriver 2.27.440174

And my driver's initialization is really basic :

ChromeOptions options = new ChromeOptions();
this.myDriver = new ChromeDriver(/* my path */, options);

Any ideas?

Answer 1

It seem to be Chromium issue. You cannot use keys combinations with chromedriver, but you still can use JavaScript as alternative:

IJavaScriptExecutor js = myDriver as IJavaScriptExecutor;
js.ExecuteScript("window.open()"); // Open new browser tab like `CTRL + t` do

Answer 2

Unfortunately this issue currently prevents chrome from reacting to shortcuts like Ctrl+T sent by selenium.