Chord and Keys in Selenium Webdriver to press multiple keys

Chord and Keys in Selenium WebDriver to press multiple keys

A good option to simulate multiple keys press can be achieved through Chord and Keys in Selenium Webdriver

Senario Taken: Type some text in the text box(Search box in this example) and perform Copy and Paste using Chord and Keys




package com.p1;

import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;

import org.openqa.selenium.By;
import org.openqa.selenium.Keys;
import org.openqa.selenium.WebDriver;
import org.openqa.selenium.WebElement;
import org.openqa.selenium.firefox.FirefoxDriver;

import org.testng.annotations.AfterClass;
import org.testng.annotations.BeforeClass;
import org.testng.annotations.Test;

public class chord {
   
    public WebDriver driver;
   
     @Test
     public void testKeys_Chord() {
       
       driver.manage().timeouts().implicitlyWait(25, TimeUnit.SECONDS);   
     
      //Object for the search box
      WebElement sb=driver.findElement(By.xpath(".//*[@id='BlogSearch1_form']/form/table/tbody/tr/td[1]/input"));   
     
      //Type "The mouse-over using JavascriptExecutor and Actions in Selenium Webdriver" in search box
      sb.sendKeys("The mouse-over using JavascriptExecutor and Actions in Selenium Webdriver "); 
    
      //Perform Control A and C actions  
      sb.sendKeys(Keys.chord(Keys.CONTROL,"a"), "");
      sb.sendKeys(Keys.chord(Keys.CONTROL,"c"), "");
     
      //Clear the Text 'The mouse-over using JavascriptExecutor and Actions in Selenium Webdriver' typed in the Search box
      sb.clear();
     
        try {
            Thread.sleep(2000);
        } catch (InterruptedException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }

        // Perform paste action using CTRL+V in search box
        sb.sendKeys(Keys.chord(Keys.CONTROL, "v"), "");

        try {
            Thread.sleep(2000);
        } catch (InterruptedException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
       
        driver.findElement(By.xpath(".//*[@id='BlogSearch1_form']/form/table/tbody/tr/td[2]/input")).click();

     }

      @BeforeClass
      public void beforeClass()
         {
        System.setProperty("webdriver.gecko.driver", "C://Selenium//geckodriver-v0.18.0-win64//geckodriver.exe");
        driver = new FirefoxDriver();
        driver.manage().timeouts().implicitlyWait(25, TimeUnit.SECONDS);
        driver.get("http://allthingsaboutuft.blogspot.in/");
        driver.manage().window().maximize();
         }


      @AfterClass
      public void afterClass() throws Exception
         {
          driver.quit();
         }

}