Cannot click on "Save as" link/button using selenium webdriver in chrome browser

Question

I am running selenium webdriver automation in c# for chrome browser. Here i have requirement - i have to save pdf document/html page. so what i am doing is ..right clicking and then trying to move till "Save as" but its not working. I have used below code for that-

Please define "Not working". Any errors? Also, post the complete code you have at the moment. — alecxe, Jul 29 '15 at 13:51
Selenium cannot interact with system windows and prompts, only with web pages! — SiKing, Jul 29 '15 at 14:47
i am not getting any error from above code but "document is not getting saved" . — simond, Jul 31 '15 at 05:34

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 29 '15 at 14:53

As in the comments mentioned, Selenium Webdriver can't send keys to the file dialog itself. But with the following code you can send this to the active window, in your example Chrome:

 using System.Windows.Forms;

 SendKeys.SendWait("^s");  // send control+s
 Thread.Sleep(1000);
 SendKeys.SendWait("fileName{ENTER}"); // sends "fileName then enter

The Thread.Sleep is for the fact that chrome has time to open the filesave dialog. Be careful this code can't change the location.

@ LzyPanda ..Perfect working thank you – simond Jul 31 '15 at 06:47 — simond, Jul 31 '15 at 06:47

Cannot click on "Save as" link/button using selenium webdriver in chrome browser

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