Handling Keyboard Actions using Selenium with Java

Keyboard Actions:

    When we want to use Mouse or Keyboard actions we should create an 'Actions' class object.

    Syntax: Actions object = new Actions(browser_object);

    Example: Actions act = new Actions(driver);

Method for Action Class:

    perform(): This method is used to execute the action.

The Keyboard interface has the below-mentioned methods:

- sendKeys(KeyToSend): Sends a series of keystrokes onto the element.

- Example: actions.sendKeys(Keys.DOWN).perform();

- Keys.(DOWN, LEFT, RIGHT, UP, ENTER, DELETE, END, ESCAPE, F1-F12, NUMPAD0-NUMPAD9, INSERT, PAGE_DOWN, PAGE_UP, SEMICOLON, SPACE, SUBTRACT, MULTIPLY, ADD, DIVIDE, EQUALS, TAB, SHIFT)

- keyDown(theKey): Sends a key press Without releasing it.

        Example: action.keyDown(Keys.SHIFT).perform();

- keyUp(theKey): Performs a key release.

        Example: action.keyUp(Keys.SHIFT).perform();

Example program:

            class KeyboardAct

            {

                public static void main(String args[])

                {

                    System.setProperty("webdriver.gekco.driver", "./geckodriver.exe");

                    WebDriver driver = new FirefoxDriver();

                    driver.get("https://www.google.com");

                    WebElement searchBox =  driver.findElement(By.name("q"));

                    

                    Actions action = new Actions(driver);

                    action.moveToElement(searchBox)

                                .keyDown(searchBox, Keys.SHIFT)

                                .sendKeys(searchBox, "pokemon")

                                .keyUp(searchBox, Keys.SHIFT)

                                .pause(3000)

                                .sendKeys(Keys.DOWN)

                                .pause(3000)

                                .sendKeys(Keys.ENTER)

                                .perform();

                }

            } 

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