Send_Keys wont send the "@" symbol when i try to send an e-mail adress into a textbox

Question

I have a problem with selenium, where it doesn't send the e-mail address properly. the text it sends looks like this: myemailemail.com

the code I'm using looks like this:

EMAIL_LOGIN = driver.find_element_by_id("email")
EMAIL_LOGIN.send_keys(Keys.CONTROL + "a")
EMAIL_LOGIN.send_keys(Keys.DELETE)
EMAIL_LOGIN.send_keys("myemail@email.com")

I tried putting the @ in a variable, still doesn't work. I also tried to put the email itself in a variable, and still nothing.

Answer 1

Possibly you are trying to invoke send_keys() too early even before the JavaScript enabled webelements have completely rendered.

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Solution

You need to induce WebDriverWait for the element_to_be_clickable() and you can use either of the following Locator Strategies:

• Using ID:

  EMAIL_LOGIN = WebDriverWait(driver, 20).until(EC.element_to_be_clickable((By.ID, "email")))
  EMAIL_LOGIN.send_keys(Keys.CONTROL + "a")
  EMAIL_LOGIN.send_keys(Keys.DELETE)
  EMAIL_LOGIN.send_keys("myemail@email.com")
  

• Using CSS_SELECTOR:

  EMAIL_LOGIN = WebDriverWait(driver, 20).until(EC.element_to_be_clickable((By.CSS_SELECTOR, "#email")))
  EMAIL_LOGIN.send_keys(Keys.CONTROL + "a")
  EMAIL_LOGIN.send_keys(Keys.DELETE)
  EMAIL_LOGIN.send_keys("myemail@email.com")
  

• Using XPATH:

  EMAIL_LOGIN = WebDriverWait(driver, 20).until(EC.element_to_be_clickable((By.XPATH, "//*[@id='email']")))
  EMAIL_LOGIN.send_keys(Keys.CONTROL + "a")
  EMAIL_LOGIN.send_keys(Keys.DELETE)
  EMAIL_LOGIN.send_keys("myemail@email.com")
  

• Note: You have to add the following imports :

  from selenium.webdriver.support.ui import WebDriverWait
  from selenium.webdriver.common.by import By
  from selenium.webdriver.support import expected_conditions as EC
  

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Alternative

As an alternative you can also use click(), clear() and send_keys() in tandem as follows:

• Using ID:

  EMAIL_LOGIN = WebDriverWait(driver, 20).until(EC.element_to_be_clickable((By.ID, "email")))
  EMAIL_LOGIN.click()
  EMAIL_LOGIN.clear()
  EMAIL_LOGIN.send_keys("myemail@email.com")
  

• Using CSS_SELECTOR:

  EMAIL_LOGIN = WebDriverWait(driver, 20).until(EC.element_to_be_clickable((By.CSS_SELECTOR, "#email")))
  EMAIL_LOGIN.click()
  EMAIL_LOGIN.clear()
  EMAIL_LOGIN.send_keys("myemail@email.com")
  

• Using XPATH:

  EMAIL_LOGIN = WebDriverWait(driver, 20).until(EC.element_to_be_clickable((By.XPATH, "//*[@id='email']")))
  EMAIL_LOGIN.click()
  EMAIL_LOGIN.clear()
  EMAIL_LOGIN.send_keys("myemail@email.com")
  

Answer 2

It's because a non us keyboard.

import pyperclip as pc

EMAIL_LOGIN = driver.find_element_by_id("email")
EMAIL_LOGIN.send_keys(Keys.CONTROL + "a")
EMAIL_LOGIN.send_keys(Keys.DELETE)

Email1 = "myemail"
Email2 = "email.com"
AtSign = "@"
pc.copy(AtSign)
AtSign = pc.paste()

EMAIL_LOGIN.send_keys(Email1 + AtSign + Email2)