WebDriver and IE10 very slow input

Question

When I'm trying to execute tests in the latest IE, I see that input is very slow : it takes like 5 seconds for every character to appear in the input field. All security zones are enabled and the driver initialized with the following code:

System.setProperty("webdriver.ie.driver", "./src/test/resources/IEDriverServer.exe");
return new InternetExplorerDriver();

This problem appears only on IE10 ; when I'm running Firefox everything is just fine.

My OS is Windows 8, just in case.

Did I miss something?

UPD Now i can see that sometimes IE works faster, but when it happens this code doesn't work:

action.contextClick(logoPic).clickAndHold().sendKeys("keys_to_invoke_some_window").perform();

Tried, no changes. Also tried on Windows 7 x32 with IE 8 - everything works well, so i suppose the problem is in Windows 8 x64 or in latest IE — Mikhail Panin, Jan 28 '13 at 07:36
I think you should compare the performance with another version of the Internet Explorer, since the drivers for those and Firefox are different. — aimbire, Jan 28 '13 at 13:59
As far as i know it is impossible to downgrade IE on Win 8, as i write before on Win 7 and IE 8 it works fine. — Mikhail Panin, Jan 29 '13 at 10:16
The problem is registered as [issue#3072](http://code.google.com/p/selenium/issues/detail?id=3072). — dma_k, Jul 14 '14 at 15:39

score 34 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 29 '13 at 13:25

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Fixed by replacing IEDriverServer.exe (switched from x64 version to x32 version)

answered Jan 29 '13 at 13:25

Mikhail Panin

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Solved the issue for Windows7 64bit and IE10 – alfonx May 27 '13 at 14:05
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Solved - Windows 8, IE10. http://code.google.com/p/selenium/downloads/detail?name=IEDriverServer_Win32_2.35.3.zip&can=2&q= – Vas Oct 15 '13 at 10:44
This works because even though you're on a 64 bit machine, it has 32 bit Internet Explorer installed and that works best with the 32 bit WebDriver. – neXus Oct 12 '17 at 09:52

score -4 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 22 '13 at 15:05

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Replacing the IEDriverServer.exe(switched from x64 version to x32 version) solved the issue of slowness.

answered Jul 22 '13 at 15:05

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-1 because this is the same as the accepted answer – James Lawruk Aug 15 '13 at 20:58
same answer as accepted one – DDave May 27 '16 at 09:28

WebDriver and IE10 very slow input

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