I'm looking for a quick way to type the Enter or Return key in Selenium.
Unfortunately, the form I'm trying to test (not my own code, so I can't modify) doesn't have a Submit button. When working with it manually, I just type Enter or Return. How can I do that with the Selenium type command as there is no button to click?
In Python
Step 1. from selenium.webdriver.common.keys import Keys
Step 2. driver.find_element_by_name("").send_keys(Keys.ENTER)
Note: you have to write Keys.ENTER
Try to use an XPath expression for searching the element and then, the following code works:
driver.findElement(By.xpath(".//*[@id='txtFilterContentUnit']")).sendKeys(Keys.ENTER);
You can call submit() on the element object in which you entered your text.
Alternatively, you can specifically send the Enter key to it as shown in this Python snippet:
from selenium.webdriver.common.keys import Keys
element.send_keys(Keys.ENTER) # 'element' is the WebElement object corresponding to the input field on the page
When you don't want to search any locator, you can use the Robot class. For example,
Robot robot = new Robot();
robot.keyPress(KeyEvent.VK_ENTER);
robot.keyRelease(KeyEvent.VK_ENTER);
If you just want to press the Enter key (python):
from selenium.webdriver.common.action_chains import ActionChains
from selenium.webdriver.common.keys import Keys
action = ActionChains(driver)
action.send_keys(Keys.ENTER)
action.perform()
For everyone using JavaScript / Node.js, this worked for me:
driver.findElement(By.xpath('xpath')).sendKeys('ENTER');