org.openqa.selenium.interactions

Interface Keyboard

public interface Keyboard

Interface representing basic, low-level keyboard operations. It offers a set of low-level “do as I say” commands to allow precise emulation of user input.

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	pressKey(CharSequence keyToPress) Press a key on the keyboard that isn't text.
void	releaseKey(CharSequence keyToRelease) Release a key on the keyboard that isn't text.
void	sendKeys(CharSequence... keysToSend) Sends keys to the keyboard representation in the browser.

Method Detail

sendKeys

void sendKeys(CharSequence... keysToSend)

Sends keys to the keyboard representation in the browser. Special keys that are not text, represented as Keys are recognized both as part of sequences of characters, or individually. Modifier keys are preserved throughout the lifetime of the send keys operation, and are released upon this method returning.

Parameters:

keysToSend - one or more sequences of characters or key representations to type on the keyboard

pressKey

void pressKey(CharSequence keyToPress)

Press a key on the keyboard that isn't text. Please see Keys for an exhaustive list of recognized pressable keys. If keyToPress is a sequence of characters, different driver implementations may choose to throw an exception or to read only the first character in the sequence.

Parameters:

keyToPress - the key to press, if a sequence only the first character will be read or an exception is thrown

releaseKey

void releaseKey(CharSequence keyToRelease)

Release a key on the keyboard that isn't text. Please see Keys for an exhaustive list of recognized pressable keys. If keyToRelease is a sequence of characters, different driver implementations may choose to throw an exception or to read only the first character in the sequence.

Parameters:

keyToRelease - the key to press, if a sequence only the first character will be read or an exception is thrown