onchange event does not get fired on selenium type command

Question

I am typing some value, on change do a total. But somehow, this event is not getting fired with selenium type command.

I also tried typeKey and typeAt ..But no succe

Answer 1

I had a similar problem, with a Dropdown list made with Ajax.
As the user types in a field, the system displays AJAX divw with several options, each one as a link with target='#'

And even worse, there was a function called on the onChange() that filled a system flag, and that flag would be used as a validation on the form.submit() (oh, the pain)

Anyways, my solution for this:
1 - Selenium sendKeys command so the Ajax div would appear

    sendKeys
    id=txtTipoDocumento
    ipsum lorem

2 - wait for the link with the expected option to appear

    waitForElementPresent
    link=ipsum lorem
    

3 - selenium clickAt the link

    clickAt
    link=ipsum lorem
    10,20

4 - Here is the ONE of the catches: manually fire the onChange() AND blur events. Also, foce the browser to set focus on different field

 
        fireEvent
        id=txtTipoDocumento
        blur
    
    
        fireEvent
        id=selSerie
        change()
    
    
        fireEvent
        id=selSerie
        blur
    
    
        focus
        id=imgDataElaboracao
        
    

5 - Finally, to be sure, I made Selenium do execute the ClickAt() command on the Submit button of the forme, between a mouseDown and MouseUp commands

    mouseDown
    id=btnSalvar
    


    focus
    id=btnSalvar
    


    clickAt
    id=btnSalvar
    10,20

Not elegant, but it worked.