Escape key for Safari using Selenium

Question

I am using Selenium webdriver (Java) and ran into a problem.

I made the method,

    public void escape() {
        Actions action = new Actions(driver);
        action.sendKeys(Keys.ESCAPE).build().perform();
    }

but it does not work for Safari. It works for all other browsers (IE, Firefox, Chrome) except Safari. What will be the alternate escape method for Safari using selenium?

Answer 1

It looks like the error is in your code.

action.sendKeys(Keys.ESCAPE).build().perform();

perform is meant to be called as a method of sendKeys, not as a method of build.

This answer on SO has an example:

action.sendKeys(Keys.ESCAPE).perform();

Answer 2

You can use the below code for escape key:

driver.findElement(By.xpath("myobject")).sendKeys(Keys.ESCAPE);

to use this code, you need to add the below mentioned import:

import org.openqa.selenium.Keys;

Another way is using the robot keys, though i never prefer them, below is the code if it helps you:

Robot robot = new Robot();

robot.keyPress(KeyEvent.VK_ESCAPE);

Answer 3

If you are using Java you can go with Robot Library.

 Robot r = new Robot();

 r.keyPress(KeyEvent.VK_ESCAPE);

 r.keyRelease(KeyEvent.VK_ESCAPE);

Answer 4

You can try using robot class of java, following is the code.

Robot robot = new Robot();
robot.keyPress(KeyEvent.VK_ESCAPE);
r.keyRelease(KeyEvent.VK_ESCAPE);