title: “Performing actions on the AUT*”
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You can set an element’s text using the sendKeys method as follows:
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String name = “Charles”;
driver.findElement(By.name(“name”)).sendKeys(name);
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name = “Charles”
driver.find_element(By.NAME, “name”).send_keys(name)
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string name = “Charles”;
driver.FindElement(By.Name(“name”)).SendKeys(name);
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name = “Charles”
driver.find_element(name: “name”).send_keys(name)
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const name = “Charles”;
await driver.findElement(By.name(‘name’)).sendKeys(name);
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val name = “Charles”
driver.findElement(By.name(“name”)).sendKeys(name)
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Some web applications use JavaScript libraries to add drag-and-drop
functionality. The following is a basic example of dragging one
element onto another element:
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WebElement source = driver.findElement(By.id(“source”));
WebElement target = driver.findElement(By.id(“target”));
new Actions(driver).dragAndDrop(source, target).build().perform();
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source = driver.find_element(By.ID, “source”)
target = driver.find_element(By.ID, “target”)
ActionChains(driver).drag_and_drop(source, target).perform()
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IWebElement source = driver.FindElement(By.Id(“source”));
IWebElement target = driver.FindElement(By.Id(“target”));
new Actions(driver).DragAndDrop(source, target).Build().Perform();
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source = driver.find_element(id: “source”)
target = driver.find_element(id: “target”)
driver.action.drag_and_drop(source, target).perform
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const actions = driver.actions({bridge: true});
const source = driver.findElement(By.id(‘source’));
const target = driver.findElement(By.id(‘target’));
await actions.dragAndDrop(source, target).perform();
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val source = driver.findElement(By.id(“source”))
val target = driver.findElement(By.id(“target”))
Actions(driver).dragAndDrop(source, target).build().perform()
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Clicking on an element
You can click on an element using the click method:
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driver.findElement(By.cssSelector(“input[type=‘submit’]”)).click();
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driver.find_element(By.CSS_SELECTOR, “input[type=‘submit’]”).click()
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driver.FindElement(By.CssSelector(“input[type=‘submit’]”)).Click();
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driver.find_element(css: “input[type=‘submit’]”).click
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await driver.findElement(By.css(“input[type=‘submit’]”)).click();
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driver.findElement(By.cssSelector(“input[type=‘submit’]”)).click()
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*AUT: Application under test