How to simulate pressing the arrow down key when a specific element is present in the HTML using Selenium and Python

Question

I want python to click on a key on my keyboard for example the arrow down key when a specific word for example google is present somewhere in the browser or in the searh bar. Is it possible with selenium or the os module. Any suggestions?

Answer 1

you could search for the element with an xpath looking for the text you are searching e.g. $x('//*[.="Text"]') and then use sendKey() to press the key

Answer 2

Using Selenium to click on the Arrow Down key when a specific condition is met, as an example I have demonstrated through the following steps:

• Open the url https://www.google.com/
• Wait for the Google Home Page search box element i.e. By.NAME, "q" to be clickable.
• Sends the character sequence selenium.
• Wait for the auto suggestions to be visibile.

• Click twice on Arrow Down key.

  • Code Block:

    from selenium import webdriver
    from selenium.webdriver.common.by import By
    from selenium.webdriver.support.ui import WebDriverWait
    from selenium.webdriver.support import expected_conditions as EC
    from selenium.webdriver.common.keys import Keys
    
    options = webdriver.ChromeOptions() 
    options.add_argument("start-maximized")
    options.add_experimental_option("excludeSwitches", ["enable-automation"])
    options.add_experimental_option('useAutomationExtension', False)
    driver = webdriver.Chrome(options=options, executable_path=r'C:\Utility\BrowserDrivers\chromedriver.exe')
    driver.get('https://www.google.com/')
    WebDriverWait(driver, 10).until(EC.element_to_be_clickable((By.NAME, "q"))).send_keys("Selenium")
    WebDriverWait(driver, 10).until(EC.visibility_of_all_elements_located((By.CSS_SELECTOR, "ul[role='listbox'] li")))
    driver.find_element_by_css_selector('body').send_keys(Keys.DOWN)
    driver.find_element_by_css_selector('body').send_keys(Keys.DOWN)
    

  • Browser Snapshot:

PS: Implementing the above logic you can also click on Arrow Up, Arrow Left and Arrow Right keys.