Selenium & Chrome - send_keys doesn't work

Question

I would like to sent 'COMMAND' + '+'. I am struggling already with 'COMMAND' + 'a' - nothing happens when i run this code:

from selenium import webdriver
from selenium.webdriver.common.keys import Keys
import time

url = 'https://www.google.com'
driver = webdriver.Chrome()
driver.get(url)
time.sleep(3)

body = driver.find_element_by_tag_name('body')
body.send_keys(Keys.COMMAND, 'a')
time.sleep(3)
driver.quit()

Am i doing something wrong or is it simply not possible to send keys with chrome and selenium.webdriver?

What is the right name in python for '+' - is it Keys.ADD?

Answer 1

I can reproduce the problem on Mac OS and Chrome too. There is an open related issue here:

• simulate key events at highest level in chrome

Also see related issues:

• Keys.ENTER, Keys.TAB, Keys.SPACE are not working on Chrome 44
• sendKeys Command under Mac does not work

As a workaround, run the tests involving sending keys to the browser in Firefox.

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As an another workaround, specifically to COMMAND + + (zooming in), set the zoom style:

driver.execute_script("document.body.style.zoom = '150%';")