sendKeys not working in Selenium Webdriver

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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.

Mar 30, 2018 in Selenium by Perry
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4 answers to this question.

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If u want to use TAB key use this:

Actions a= new Actions(driver);
a.keyDown(Keys.TAB).perform()
answered Mar 30, 2018 by Johnathon
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I agree with Johnathon, Actions class allows you to perform multiple keyboard actions using a single action object.
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driver.findElement(By.xpath("//label[text()='User Name:']/following::div/input")).sendKeys("Keys.RETURN");
answered Feb 7, 2019 by anonymous
Can you please explain the difference?
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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.

answered Feb 7, 2019 by Priyaj
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this work for me

you should update your JRE to version 1.8

http://learn-automation.com/solution-for-sendkeyscharsequence-in-selenium/
answered Aug 27, 2019 by Afif
Thank you Afif for providing this solution.

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