How to press keyboard keys like Ctrl + S, Ctrl + A etc in Selenium?

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How to press Ctrl + S in Selenium Chrome Web Driver?

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YoDO · Accepted Answer · 2019-03-19 09:24:37Z

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To click Ctrl+S, you can do it with Actions class

Actions actions=new Actions(driver);
actions.sendKeys(Keys.chord(Keys.chord(Keys.CONTROL+"S"))).build().perform();

Chord helps in simulating pressing many keys at once in. Hope it helps !

answered Mar 19, 2019 at 9:24

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undetected Selenium · Accepted Answer · 2019-02-22 09:03:50Z

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You can use ActionBuilder for this below code is in Python just for basic idea ..

driver.action.key_down(:control)
         .send_keys("s")
         .key_up(:control)
         .perform`

edited Feb 22, 2019 at 9:03

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Satyendra Sharma · Accepted Answer · 2020-12-29 05:40:19Z

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you have to use robot class for that.

import following jars:

import java.awt.AWTException;   
import java.awt.Robot;  
import java.awt.event.KeyEvent;

Press the keys you want to use:

Robot robot = new Robot();
robot.keyPress(KeyEvent.VK_CONTROL);
robot.keyPress(KeyEvent.VK_S);
robot.keyRelease(KeyEvent.VK_CONTROL);
robot.keyRelease(KeyEvent.VK_S);
robot.keyPress(KeyEvent.VK_ENTER);
robot.keyRelease(KeyEvent.VK_ENTER);

Keys event will be performed

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answered Feb 22, 2019 at 6:33

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