Ctrl+Click using WebDriver

Question

There is a similar question concerning Watir-WebDriver.

What is the best way to do Ctrl+click on a DOM element?

Answer 1

A Google search of "webdriver ctrl click" turned up this result:

Ctrl+click requires three actions: a send_keys action to press the CTRL key, then a click action, and then another send_keys action to release the CTRL key.

• Randomblue: Thanks. What I'm confused about is that send_keys is done with respect to an element (i.e. element.send_keys). What element should I choose here?
• user246: The wording of the original question suggests you already have an element in mind. Are you asking how to identify that element to Webdriver?
• Randomblue: Well the element to do the click on is determined. But there is no specific element listening to the "Ctrl" event.
• user246: The answer may depend upon which event propagation model you use, but I believe you can direct the CTRL key press/release to the body element.

Answer 2

for clicking on the link which expected to be opened from new tab use this

WebDriver driver = new ChromeDriver(); 
driver.get("https://www.yourSite.com"); 
WebElement element=driver.findElement(By.xpath("path_to_link")); 
Actions actions = new Actions(driver); 
actions.keyDown(Keys.LEFT_CONTROL) 
 .click(element) 
 .keyUp(Keys.LEFT_CONTROL) 
 .build() 
 .perform(); 
ArrayList<String> tab = new ArrayList<>(driver.getWindowHandles()); 
driver.switchTo().window(tab.get(1));

Answer 3

I think your best bet is to use Actions which is described here:

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/17756532/how-to-hold-key-down-with-selenium

You will want to execute the key_down action (for the CONTROL key), then the click action, then the key_up action.

The key codes for non-letter keys are listed here: https://selenium-python.readthedocs.io/api.html#module-selenium.webdriver.common.action_chains

Answer 4

The element is nothing but the variable to find the properties of the object so we are using WebElement to find it

WebElement obj = findElement(By.Xpath("")).click(); 
obj.sendkeys("xxxxx");

If you guys want to click submit button you can use code obi.submit(). This code navigates to the next page. It acts as the button click().