Python - Selenium - How to use Browser Shortcuts

Question

Once a browser page is loaded I\'m looking to use the CRTL+P shortcut in Goggle Chrome to enter the print page and then simply press return to print the page.

Answer 1

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

browser.get('https://www.myglenigan.com/project_search_results.aspx?searchId='+ID)
element=browser.find_element_by_xpath("//body")
element.send_keys(Keys.CONTROL, 'p')

Just a note, this will open Firefox print panel. But the same code will not work in Goggle Chrome.

Answer 2

I have tested this on Google Chrome and the problem can be solved using a combination of .key_down() and .send_keys() methods of the ActionChains class.

ActionChains(driver).key_down(Keys.CONTROL).send_keys('p').key_up(Keys.CONTROL).perform()
ActionChains(driver).send_keys(Keys.ENTER)

Answer 3

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

ActionChains(browser).send_keys(Keys.CONTROL, "p").perform()

that would send the keyboard shortcut for a print dialog

I haven't found a way to do this in FF for printing though - ctrl+p will open the print dialog, but FF has a focus bug that doesn't allow one to do Keys.ENTER for the dialog itself

hopefully this will work for you in Chrome, I haven't tested it there

please update if you find a way around this - possibly try AutoIt

If none of the above works you can always do

browser.get_screenshot_as_file( path + 'page_image.jpg' )

Answer 4

If i understood your question correctly my suggestion is that you install and use the pyautogui module to make your python program press keys

For example:

import pyautogui
pyautogui.hotkey('ctrl','p')

see the pyautogui documentation for more information: https://pyautogui.readthedocs.io/en/latest/introduction.html