How can I send keyboard shortcut Alt + Shift + Z (hotkey) with Selenium 2?

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I am trying send a shortcut with Actions.sendKeys, but it isn't working.

(New Actions(driver)).SendKeys(Keys.ALT, Keys.SHIFT, "z");

What host language for Selenium? Java? – Peter Mortensen Feb 07 '21 at 00:50 — Peter Mortensen, Feb 07 '21 at 00:50

score 18 · Accepted Answer · edited Feb 07 '21 at 00:51

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You can check this question to refer about this - Pressing Ctrl+A in Selenium WebDriver

Check the answer which uses the chord method. In your case, you can do this -

String selectAll = Keys.chord(Keys.ALT, Keys.SHIFT,"z");
driver.findElement(By.tagName("html")).sendKeys(selectAll);

edited Feb 07 '21 at 00:51

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answered Jul 17 '12 at 11:02

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My words exactly :). Just to note - the OP's solution won't work, because it presses the Alt, Shift and Z keys one by one, not simultaneously. – Petr Janeček Jul 17 '12 at 15:05
So if we have to press all 3 buttons simultaneously, can we use the chord method? – Hari Reddy Jul 17 '12 at 16:35
Yeah, that's the point :). I was just explaining why the OP's original attempt didn't work. – Petr Janeček Jul 17 '12 at 16:47
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@Hari But in my case `Z` does not work though `z` works- a case heck! – Learner Dec 24 '16 at 05:53
chord is not available in the C#, Can you please suggest an answer for the C#. Thanks ! – Trilok Pathak Sep 06 '18 at 05:03

score 7 · Answer 2 · edited Mar 19 '21 at 15:20

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This can also be done using Actions keyUp and keyDown functions.

WebDriver driver = new FirefoxDriver();
Actions keyAction = new Actions(driver);
keyAction.keyDown(Keys.ALT).keyDown(Keys.SHIFT).sendKeys("z").keyUp(Keys.ALT).keyUp(Keys.SHIFT).perform();

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answered Jan 07 '16 at 20:45

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Aug 08 '18 at 09:32

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Try it:

SendKeys.SendWait("%+z")

answered Aug 08 '18 at 09:32

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score 0 · Answer 4 · edited Mar 19 '21 at 15:22

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Assuming you're using JavaScript,

Keys.chord(keys)

Also, the documentation is at https://www.selenium.dev/documentation/en/

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score 0 · Answer 5 · answered Dec 07 '21 at 04:54

Apart from the Keys.chord(Keys.ALT, Keys.SHIFT,"z"); method as suggested in the other/accepted answer, I would suggest you try the Robot framework for using keyboard shortcuts.

You can do something like;

Robot robot = new Robot();
Thread.sleep(1000);
robot.delay(3000);


robot.keyPress(KeyEvent.VK_CONTROL);
robot.keyPress(KeyEvent.VK_Y);
robot.keyRelease(KeyEvent.VK_CONTROL);
robot.keyRelease(KeyEvent.VK_Y);

I guess this would help sort your problem.

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