How to press Ctrl+V in Selenium WebDriver
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In one of my automated tests I need to press Ctrl+V in text box to paste text in it. But I can't do that. I'm using Selenium WebDriver for .net v. 2.35.0.0.
Here is my code, it does not work. It presses Ctrl and then V, but text not gets pasted in the box:
IWebDriver webDriver = new InternetExplorerDriver();
webDriver.Navigate().GoToUrl(@"C:UsersusDocumentsVisual Studio 2012ProjectsSeleniumTestsSeleniumTeststest.html");
var el = webDriver.FindElement(By.XPath(".//*[@id='fld']"));
el.Click();
Actions builder = new Actions(webDriver);
builder.KeyDown(el, Keys.LeftControl).Perform();
builder.SendKeys(el, "v").Perform();
builder.KeyUp(el, Keys.LeftControl).Perform();
webDriver.Quit();
Update:
OS: Windows Server 2012, x64
Browser: IE10
yes, I selected text before running this code.
– vmg
Aug 19 '13 at 21:04
What OS/Browser have you used?
– vmg
Aug 19 '13 at 21:07
2 Answers
2
Here's what I would suggest:
IWebDriver webDriver = new InternetExplorerDriver();
webDriver.Navigate().GoToUrl(@"C:UsersusDocumentsVisual Studio 2012ProjectsSeleniumTestsSeleniumTeststest.html");
var el = webDriver.FindElement(By.XPath(".//*[@id='fld']"));
el.Click();
el.SendKeys(Keys.CONTROL+ "v");
webDriver.Quit();
it worked. thanks! Strange though: I tried this before posting this question and it didn't work for me :) Maybe I missed something because I checked lots of different approaches. Anyway, thank you!
– vmg
Aug 19 '13 at 21:04
You are very welcome, glad it worked.
– Richard
Aug 19 '13 at 21:04
@Vitaliy: It might be because you used a capital "V". For some reason capital letters don't work.
– Meta-Knight
Mar 6 '14 at 15:13
I think, Ctrl + capital 'V' doesn't work, because 'V' = Shift + 'v' in webdriver, and total sequence is: Ctrl + Shift + v
– Dmitriy L
Sep 11 '15 at 13:05
You can try this simple way
driver.findElement(By.xpath(FileUpDownLoad._SOURCE_NAME)).sendKeys(Keys.CONTROL + "v");
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Your code works fine for me. Are you sure there's something in your clipboard?
– Yi Zeng
Aug 19 '13 at 21:01