Select all text in a textbox Selenium RC using Ctrl + A

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I am trying to select all the text in a textbox in order to clear the textbox. I am using Ctrl+A to do this using the following Python 2.7 code on Selenium RC standalone 2.20.0.jar Server on Windows 7 firefox:

from selenium import selenium
s = selenium('remote-machine-ip', 4444, '*chrome', 'http://my-website-with-textbox')
locator = 'mylocator-of-textbox'
s.open()
s.type(locator, 'mytext')
s.focus(locator)
s.control_key_down()
s.key_down(locator, "A")
s.key_press(locator, "A")
s.key_up(locator, "A")
s.control_key_up()

# Nothing happens here... I cannot see the text getting selected...

# Nothing gets cleared here except the last char
s.key_down(locator, chr(8))  # Pressing backspace
s.key_press(locator, chr(8))
s.key_up(locator, chr(8))

Any help? Thanks, Amit

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4 Answers

You can do this:

 public void selectAll(WebElement element) {
    String selectAll = Keys.chord(Keys.CONTROL, "a");
    element.sendKeys(selectAll);
}

And when you whant to use it, for example:

    selectAll(myDriver.findElement(By.id("testId")));

In this example the WebElement can be a text box, text area and similars.

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