Java Selenium Webdriver Sendkeys input Variable AND Keys at the same time

Question

I want to know how could we input a variable and some keys in only one sendkeys method. In fact in a textfield, I want to input "Ctrl+A" to select the current value, and replace it with a new value which is stocked in a varialbe called "orderNumber".

For example :

driver.findElement(By.xpath("//tr[@class='nodrag nodrop filter row_hover']/th[@class='text-center'
[2]/input[@class='filter']")).sendKeys(Keys.CONTROL +"a");

Then

driver.findElement(By.xpath("//tr[@class='nodrag nodrop filter row_hover']/th[@class='text-center'
[2]/input[@class='filter']")).sendKeys(orderNumber);

Is there a way to combine these 2 lines into 1 line? I tried this it doesn't work.

driver.findElement(By.xpath("//tr[@class='nodrag nodrop filter row_hover']/th[@class='text-center'
[2]/input[@class='filter']")).sendKeys(Keys.CONTROL +"a" , orderNumber);

Thank you in advance for your answers.

http://artoftesting.com/automationTesting/handling-keyboard-events-in-selenium.html — Gautam Bothra, May 24 '18 at 11:19
Possible duplicate of [Selenium WebDriver: I want to overwrite value in field instead of appending to it with sendKeys using Java](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3249583/selenium-webdriver-i-want-to-overwrite-value-in-field-instead-of-appending-to-i) — JeffC, May 24 '18 at 19:05

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered May 24 '18 at 11:18

If you want to do that, you could use the clear() function in the textfield web element.

So, for example:

        ChromeDriver driver = new ChromeDriver();

        driver.get("https://www.google.co.uk/");

        WebElement el =driver.findElement(By.className("gsfi"));
        el.sendKeys("hello!");

        el.clear();

        int orderNumber=1;

        el.sendKeys(String.valueOf(orderNumber));

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered May 24 '18 at 11:22

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You can do it using following code,

WebElement ele = driver.findElement(By.xpath("//tr[@class='nodrag nodrop filter row_hover']/th[@class='text-center'
[2]/input[@class='filter']"));
ele.clear();
ele.sendkeys(orderNumber);

answered May 24 '18 at 11:22

Murthi

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