OSX protractor.Key.COMMAND not available

[elgalu]

We are trying to test copy & paste functionality on OSX browsers but this isn't working:

pasteArea.sendKeys(protractor.Key.chord(protractor.Key.COMMAND, "v"));

Nor this

browser.actions().keyDown(protractor.Key.COMMAND).sendKeys('v').
    keyUp(protractor.Key.COMMAND).perform();

I also tried CMD but fails with Error: Not a modifier key.

On Linux and Windows, CONTROL works fine. IE11 needs some workarounds though. But CTRL+V doesn't paste on OSX, as you know (CMD+V)

There are java bindings for COMMAND but can't find them on webdriver.js source

[juliemr]

The source for the keys is in webdriver/keys.js - but it looks like no matter whether it's java or javascript, Mac OS webdriver doesn't fire native system events. See this issue. I think this might be working as intended, since handling copy and past isn't really part of the browser.

[alejandroiglesias]

I'm also having the same problem working on an app that relies on paste functionality to do some custom paste things. What i can see is that in webdriver/keys.js there's the COMMAND key as well as in the Java bindings. I'm having many questions regarding to this:

Why is the key there for then if it's not being sent on OSX? Or perhaps the key is being sent and what you wanted us to understand is that when Selenium sends the keys it's not through the OS (at least on OSX as it's working on other platforms), so the paste doesn't occurs?
Please, if you can take a moment to clarify this questions, it'll be much appreciated.
Thanks a lot.

[juliemr]

I believe that the issue is that COMMAND is being sent, but not through the OS (on OSX). I don't know if this is even possible, unfortunately.

[alejandroiglesias]

Thanks for your reply. So maybe this is a Selenium issue? Do i go open a ticket with them and see what they say?

[juliemr]

Yes, this is definitely a Selenium issue. Mailing list discussion here was largely unanswered, and looking at the answer to this issue it seems like this just isn't possible:

OSX does not support native key events, so the FXDriver simulates all key presses. This means the key press is contained within the "content" window, so the browser probably never sees the COMMAND+T as it would from a native event.

I think this means this needs to be closed as wontfix - sorry about this one :(

[alejandroiglesias]

Thank you very much @juliemr for all the info.