sendKeys not working in Selenium Webdriver

Question

I was trying to send keys to a text box and send a tab key both at the same time to check for the availabilty of the username

Below you can find the code:

 driver.findElement(By.xpath("//label[text()='User Name:']/following::div/input")).sendKeys("UserName");
 driver.findElement(By.xpath("//label[text()='User Name:']/following::div/input")).sendKeys(Keys.TAB);

Its not working.

Answer 1

If u want to use TAB key use this:

Actions a= new Actions(driver);
a.keyDown(Keys.TAB).perform()

Comments

I agree with Johnathon, Actions class allows you to perform multiple keyboard actions using a single action object.

Answer 2

driver.findElement(By.xpath("//label[text()='User Name:']/following::div/input")).sendKeys("Keys.RETURN");

Comments

Can you please explain the difference?

Answer 3

driver.findElement(By.xpath("//label[text()='User Name:']/following::div/input")).sendKeys("UserName",Keys.TAB);

By using a comma you can send both username and key-stroke at the same time.

Answer 4

this work for me

you should update your JRE to version 1.8

Comments

Thank you Afif for providing this solution.