Press ENTER key in Selenium WebDriver with java when element property not present

Question

I am using selenium webdriver with Java to automate the webpages

When I enter the url, I am getting the authentication required dialog box

I am able to enter the username and password by configuring profile but I am not able to click on OK button

Note: Not able to get the ok button property so am not able to use the below code

import org.openqa.selenium.Keys
WebElement.sendKeys(Keys.RETURN);

Is there any other way to press on ok button through webdriver?

after invoking url am getting the dialog box which contains ok button — Santhosh Chandrashekar, Oct 28 '15 at 10:15
Possible duplicate of [Alert handling in selenium webdriver (selenium 2) with Java](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/8244723/alert-handling-in-selenium-webdriver-selenium-2-with-java) — JeffC, Nov 09 '15 at 02:46

score 5 · Answer 1 · answered Oct 28 '15 at 19:53

You need to handle it as an alert box, wait for popup to appear and click OK.

Below code waits up to a maximum of 10 seconds for the popup to be present and then accepts it by clicking OK. Although wait is optional.

new WebDriverWait(driver, 10).until(ExpectedConditions.alertIsPresent());
driver.switchTo().alert().accept();

score 4 · Answer 2 · answered Oct 28 '15 at 18:51

Handling credential boxes is not possible directly using Selenium You can use the JAVA AWT robot class to press enter. This class is available in the java API itself.

Robot r = new Robot();
r.keyPress(KeyEvent.VK_ENTER);
r.keyRelease(KeyEvent.VK_ENTER);

Alternatively, you can use AutoIt or an image based testing tool like SIKULI http://www.sikuli.org.

Please note that when you are using these solutions, the workstation screen cannot be locked while running the test cases.

score 4 · Answer 3 · edited Aug 02 '17 at 15:01

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Try this code snippet:

driver.findElement(By.xpath("//body")).sendKeys(Keys.RETURN);

It will definitely work.

edited Aug 02 '17 at 15:01

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answered Aug 02 '17 at 14:13

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Could you please explain why your code helps the OP? – Markus Aug 02 '17 at 14:41
This was not the best answer SO has ever seen but it was just what I needed to figure out the problem I was facing. – returnVoid Sep 14 '18 at 14:41

Press ENTER key in Selenium WebDriver with java when element property not present

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