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Keyboard Shortcuts

Keys and Key Combinations

import org.openqa.selenium.Keys;

WebElement search = driver.findElement(By.id("search"));
search.sendKeys("wireless mouse", Keys.ENTER);

// select all text and replace it
search.sendKeys(Keys.chord(Keys.CONTROL, "a"), "keyboard");

// Shift + type = capital letters, using Actions
new Actions(driver).keyDown(Keys.SHIFT).sendKeys(search, "usb").keyUp(Keys.SHIFT).perform();
System.out.println(search.getDomProperty("value"));

Example

Output:

Run KeyboardTest.main()

Example output

keyboardUSB

Cross-platform Shortcuts

Example

Ctrl on Windows/Linux is Command on macOS. A small helper chooses the right key; here it is simulated with the OS name as a parameter:

public class Main {
    static String modifierFor(String osName) {
        return osName.toLowerCase().contains("mac") ? "Keys.COMMAND" : "Keys.CONTROL";
    }

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        for (String os : new String[] {"Windows 11", "Mac OS X", "Linux"}) {
            System.out.println(os + " -> Keys.chord(" + modifierFor(os) + ", \"a\")");
        }
    }
}

Output

Windows 11 -> Keys.chord(Keys.CONTROL, "a")
Mac OS X -> Keys.chord(Keys.COMMAND, "a")
Linux -> Keys.chord(Keys.CONTROL, "a")

Tip: In real code use Platform.getCurrent().is(Platform.MAC) or System.getProperty("os.name").