How do I type ESC, ENTER and other keys?

[HellShuro]

How do I type ESC, ENTER and other keys?
I only see the up and down, left and right approach
Using self.send_Keys(Key.ESCAPE) has no effect

[HellShuro]

Or is it only possible in this way?

[mdmintz]

For using special keys, you can use:

from selenium.webdriver.common.keys import Keys
...
    ...
    self.send_keys(SELECTOR, Keys.ESCAPE)

But for hitting ENTER/RETURN, you can use \n. Example:

self.type("input#password", "secret_sauce\n")

[akunteseterwork]

@mdmintz But how to press Keys multiple times without specifying element?

Say, i want like this

But it doesn't work.
I've tried combining with the traditional selenium with actionchains but it just gave me another error, also it opens 2 browsers since i call for driver and self.

[mdmintz]

A selector must always be specified to attach the action to. You can use html or body for the page when you don't want to use a specific element on the page.

Example:

from selenium.webdriver.common.keys import Keys
self.send_keys("html", Keys.TAB)

[mdmintz]

Using Keys.TAB changes the active element. Then to click the active element, use:

self.click_active_element()

[akunteseterwork]

YOU'RE A GENIOUS!
Thank you so much, hope you have a great day (y)

[wackydude]

Is there a self.send_keys_active_element("whatevs")? Or maybe make send_keys have a default selector of active_element? so if it gets 2 strings, first one is selector and second string is text to type but if only 1 string is provided, assume selector is active_element and provided string is text to type?

[mdmintz]

@wackydude: self.send_keys(self.get_active_element_css(), "TEXT")

self.get_active_element_css() was added this week, so make sure you have the latest SeleniumBase first.