Protractor - Qwertz - Can not send exclamation mark

Question

I'm trying to write an exclamation mark in an input but Protractor fails at this operation.

What I'm trying to do :

element(by.id('nom')).sendKeys('abc!');

But I can only see abc in my field.

I've added a listener on keyup events, the browser is receiving from Protractor :

... keys for 'abc'...
KeyCode : 192 - Code : BackQuote - Key : ~
KeyCode : 16  - Code : ShiftLeft - Key : Shift

I kept the window opened (via browser.pause()) and I entered an exclamation mark manually, thus I got :

KeyCode : 192 - Code : BracketRight - Key : !
KeyCode : 16 - Code : ShiftLeft - Key : Shift

I'm using Google Chrome and I have a QWERTZ keyboard.

Does anyone have an idea of why is this happening ?

Take a look at: https://stackoverflow.com/a/43616117/7709399 — M. Hudson, Jul 12 '17 at 13:25
@M.Hudson I have translated the Java solution of your linl to JavaScript but it's not working. Exclamation mark is still missing. The problem seems to be elsewhere. — Thoomas, Jul 12 '17 at 13:40
Thanks for the advice, i'll keep it in mind for the next time. As for this question, the other things i've tried are in the question. — Thoomas, Jul 12 '17 at 16:23
When I switch the keyboard to QWERTY, it's working : `KeyCode : 49 - Code : Digit1 - Key : ! KeyCode : 16 - Code : ShiftLeft - Key : Shift` Seems to be a bug while using QWERTZ keyboard. — Thoomas, Jul 17 '17 at 07:00

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 17 '17 at 07:18

I've found a "solution" that's working but it's weird at the same time.

Step 1 : QWERTZ keyboard - Exclamation mark is not sent

KeyCode : 192 - Code : Backquote - Key : ~
KeyCode : 16 - Code : ShiftLeft - Key : Shift

Step 2 : QWERTY keyboard (by setting the language at English - USA) - Exclamation mark is sent

KeyCode : 49 - Code : Digit1 - Key : !
KeyCode : 16 - Code : ShiftLeft - Key : Shift

Step 3 : QWERTZ keyboard (default language) with language English - USA as second language - Exclamation mark is sent

KeyCode : 49 - Code : Digit1 - Key : !
KeyCode : 16 - Code : ShiftLeft - Key : Shift

This is a - not so pretty - workaround. If someone has a real and proper solution, I'm listening !

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