Selenium-IDE: How to simulate non-printable keys (ENTER, ESC, Backspace)?

Question

What is the exact HTML code to simulate ENTER, ESC, BACKSPACE and DOWN in Selenium IDE 1.3.0?

typeKeys didn't work nor did this:

<tr>
    <td>keyDown</td>
    <td>id=zc_0_4_3-real</td>
    <td>10</td>
</tr>
<tr>
    <td>keyUp</td>
    <td>id=zc_0_4_3-real</td>
    <td>10</td>
</tr>
<tr>
    <td>keyPress</td>
    <td>id=zc_0_4_3-real</td>
    <td>10</td>
</tr>

score 18 · Answer 1 · edited Oct 06 '17 at 15:43

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None of the solutions above helped me, however, the special keys described here this did the trick:

http://blog.reallysimplethoughts.com/2013/09/25/using-special-keys-in-selenium-ide-part-1/

sendKeys | id=search | ${KEY_ENTER}

Special keys - like normal keys, only a bit special. :)

edited Oct 06 '17 at 15:43

Antoine Subit

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answered Oct 10 '13 at 12:03

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add content in ur answer – SSP Oct 10 '13 at 12:23

score 15 · Accepted Answer · edited Sep 28 '16 at 08:11

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For example to submit a form by pressing enter, the only one I can figure out is:

Command: keyPressAndWait
Target:  id=q              [depends on your form of course]
Value:   \\13              [for enter - any ascii value can go here]

So it looks like this:

<tr>
<td>keyPressAndWait</td>
<td>id=q</td>
<td>\13</td>
</tr>

Hope it helps Paul

Update:

keyPressAndWait is deprecated

Now you can use:

Command: sendKeys,

Target: id=<your id>,

Value: <your letter in utf8 and not ascii anymore>

For non-printable keys you can have a look at this page: http://www.testingdiaries.com/selenium-ide-keypress-events/

edited Sep 28 '16 at 08:11

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answered Nov 18 '11 at 17:14

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For anyone else encountering the \\13 problem. Ensure you are using the correct command, eg keyPress, and not typeKeys. – SystemicPlural Jan 23 '12 at 14:11
Right, don't use `sendKeys`. Use `keyPress` – Engineer2021 Sep 16 '13 at 20:29

score 10 · Answer 3 · edited Feb 07 '14 at 13:33

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you can use ${KEY_ENTER} and for other keys as the same as ${KEY_F8},${KEY_ESC}.. etc

Here is a blog post with more details.

edited Feb 07 '14 at 13:33

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answered Feb 07 '14 at 13:16

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Is that documented somewhere? – Aaron Digulla Feb 07 '14 at 13:18
dont know, but i have used in my testing today. if needed use in your testing – Emmanuel Angelo.R Feb 07 '14 at 13:26
@AaronDigulla thanks that was the perfect dot com where i searched for. – Emmanuel Angelo.R Feb 07 '14 at 13:35
It's documented Here! And thank you for that Emmanuel Angelo R. – charles ross Sep 20 '16 at 17:06

score 8 · Answer 4 · answered Mar 19 '14 at 00:05

For the newer versions of Firefox (22 & 23) the typeKeys command won't work in the Selenium IDE. It's deprecated. You have to use sendKeys.

command = sendKeys 
target = css=.someclass 
value = ${KEY_ENTER}

If you want to combine text with special keys you can do something like:

command = sendKeys 
target = css=.someclass 
value = demo${KEY_ENTER}

score 3 · Answer 5 · answered Apr 01 '16 at 18:58

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These methods doesn't work with the TAB key.

To simulate the TAB key pressed we need to use the command fireEvent like this

answered Apr 01 '16 at 18:58

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score 1 · Answer 6 · answered Feb 26 '15 at 15:58

Clear text field using Ctrl+A and Del (for Selenium IDE):

<tr>
<td>keyDown</td>
<td>id=your text field id</td>
<td>\17</td>

<tr>
<td>keyPress</td>
<td>id=your text field id</td>
<td>\65</td>

<tr>
<td>keyUp</td>
<td>id=your text field id</td>
<td>\17</td>

<tr>
<td>keyPress</td>
<td>id=your text field id</td>
<td>\127</td>

score 0 · Answer 7 · edited May 17 '13 at 11:52

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The Best Answer to the qs how to Record the Enter Key Through Selenium IDE

<tr>
<td>keyDown</td>
<td>id=txtFilterContentUnit</td>
<td>\13 </td>
</tr>

Its Working i tried that on Selenium IDE here. replace txtFilterContentUnit with your text box name.

hope u can do it -Abhijeet

edited May 17 '13 at 11:52

Aaron Digulla

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answered May 17 '13 at 10:34

Abhijeet

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This is not recording anything, this is manual typing you have to do yourself, right? – Michael Aug 15 '13 at 16:48

score 0 · Answer 8 · edited Mar 09 '12 at 19:28

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You can use code 13 for enter key, code 9 for tab key, code 40 for down key, 8 for backspace key

edited Mar 09 '12 at 19:28

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Selenium-IDE: How to simulate non-printable keys (ENTER, ESC, Backspace)?

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