Send multiple tab key presses with Selenium

Question

How can I send multiple tabs with Selenium?

When I run:

uname = browser.find_element_by_name("text")
uname.send_keys(Keys.TAB)

Answer 1

As the OP states: "actually the next element from uname is selected".

After the first <TAB> key you have moved off the element, so no further <TAB>s will be recognized by that element. You need to locate the parent element and send keys to it.

Answer 2

I think you can also write

uname.send_keys(Keys.TAB + Keys.TAB + Keys.TAB + ... )

It may be useful if you have only two or three commands to send.

Answer 3

uname.send_keys(Keys.TAB, Keys.TAB, Keys.TAB..)

worked for me.

Answer 4

This syntax saved me:

ActionChains(driver).send_keys(Keys.TAB * 2).perform()

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I tried using this from the accepted answer:

actions = ActionChains(browser)
actions.send_keys(Keys.TAB * 2)
actions.perform()

But since I wanted to later use three TABs in the same script, I ran into problems. The thing is that actions.send_keys(Keys.TAB * 3) simply adds to the previous lines in actions in the same script. So after the second time I use this line, instead of desired three TAB keys pressed I get five (i.e. 2 + 3). Furthermore, ActionChains.reset_actions() does not seem to work.

Answer 5

Use Action Chains:

from selenium.webdriver.common.keys import Keys
from selenium.webdriver.common.action_chains import ActionChains

N = 5  # number of times you want to press TAB

actions = ActionChains(browser) 
for _ in range(N):
    actions = actions.send_keys(Keys.TAB)
actions.perform()

Or, since this is Python, you can even do:

actions = ActionChains(browser) 
actions.send_keys(Keys.TAB * N)
actions.perform()

Answer 6

sendkeys(Keys.Tab, Keys.Tab, Keys.Tab) is working fine.