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Issue:
I want to send_keys(Keys.LEFT_CONTROL + 't')
Now to do this I locate any element on the page
elem = self.browser.find_element_by_name('body')
elem.send_keys(Keys.LEFT_CONTROL + 't')
Problem is that each time I want to send above keys I have to locate some element, which actually I'm not interested in.
How can I send keys generally and not to specific object of page, I want something like self.browser.send_keys(Keys.LEFT_CONTROL + 't')? Is it even possible?
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We can send keys without specifying elements in Python with Selenium webdriver. The tagname input is used for all the edit boxes. We shall use the find_element_by_tag_name method and pass input as a parameter to that method. Thus we need not mention element attributes explicitly.
We can type Enter/Return key in Selenium. We shall use the sendKeys method and pass Keys. ENTER as an argument to the method. Also, we can use pass Keys.
Now, as we discussed, Selenium WebDriver provides two ways to send any keyboard event to a web element: sendKeys() method of WebElement class. Actions class.
You are using WebDriver to interact with the actual elements on the page. It will not work.
Try using the Actions
from selenium.webdriver.common.action_chains import ActionChains
from selenium.webdriver.common.keys import Keys
actions = ActionChains(driver)
actions.send_keys(Keys.LEFT_CONTROL + 't')
actions.perform()
See the documentation: http://selenium-python.readthedocs.io/api.html?highlight=send_keys#module-selenium.webdriver.common.action_chains
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