How to fix the slow sendkeys on IE 11 with Selenium Webdriver 3.0.0?

Question

Firefox and chrome is working fine but with IE 11, the sendkeys are extremely slow. How do you fix this issue ?

My Environment:

• Running IE 11.103

Answer 1

Better Solution:

Take note: I have reset all my IE settings before doing this solution, also in my first answer I was running a much older version of IE driver.

1. Download the latest IE driver - I have downloaded version 3.4 32 bit (the 64 bit was still slow when I was testing it) http://selenium-release.storage.googleapis.com/index.html?path=3.4/

2. You will need to change your IE settings 2.1 Go to Tools -> Internet Options -> Security. Set all zones to the same protected mode, enabled or disabled should not matter. Like this: http://seleniumquery.github.io/images/ie-driver-protected-mode-disable.png

3. Now in you code add this:

   public static void runInternetExplorer() {
   
   System.setProperty("webdriver.ie.driver", "C:\\eclipse\\webdriver\\IE\\IEDriverServer.exe");
   
   WebDriver webDriver = new InternetExplorerDriver();
   new browser (webDriver);
   

   }

When I run this, it run very nicely. I have left my previous answer if this solution isn't working.