Multiple keys in sendKeys action

[pepelsbey]

I'm trying to pass multiple keys Cmd Alt P at the same time to Dalek to test page behavior:

test
    .open('themes/ribbon/index.html')
    .sendKeys('body', '\uE03D\uE00A\u0050') // Cmd Alt P
    .assert.attr('body', 'class', 'full')
.done();

And it seems doesn't work as test is failing. I'm using W3C WebDriver spec for key codes reference, but I haven't found clear description on how to send multiple keys (both in Dalek docs and spec), especially with regular, not special ones like Alt and Cmd.

The same test with just a F5 works fine, of course:

test
    .open('themes/ribbon/index.html')
    .sendKeys('body', '\uE035') // F5
    .assert.attr('body', 'class', 'full')
.done();

Cross-posted from StackOverflow

[asciidisco]

As @ryanzec has the most experience with this, I´m happily delegating the question ;)

[ryanzec]

I don't think this is an issue with DalekJS. \e0050 is the code for a capital P and
\u0070 is the code for a lowercase p. When I use \u0070, everything seems to work (using keymaster to bind events to keys pressed).

Could you give the code you are using to trigger code execution with certain keys being pressed?

[pepelsbey]

Here's full test with \u0070 you suggested: first passed, second failed.

module.exports = {
    'Body class is switching from `list` to `full` on F5': function (test) {
        test
            .open('http://shwr.me/shower/themes/ribbon/')
            .sendKeys('body', '\uE035') // F5
            .assert.attr('body', 'class', 'full', 'Mode is full')
        .done();
    },
    // Cmd Alt P
    'Body class is switching from `list` to `full` on Cmd Alt P': function (test) {
        test
            .open('http://shwr.me/shower/themes/ribbon/')
            .sendKeys('body', '\uE03D\uE00A\u0070') // Cmd Alt P
            .assert.attr('body', 'class', 'full', 'Mode is full')
        .done();
    }
};

But when I manually press F5 and Cmd Alt P on ribbon page they acts the same.

[ryanzec]

@pepelsbey I have tested the cmd alt p my my Mac locally and the test works properly, are you on a Mac or PC? If you are on a PC, maybe there is something with Windows causing the issue. I would need a full example (the actually code with the tests) with the test failing but the code working to further investigate this since the example I have created works properly.

[pepelsbey]

I'm on Mac (with latest everything: OS, Node.js, DalekJS, etc.) and testing it using default PhantomJS.

[ryanzec]

@pepelsbey Try testing with Chrome (that is what I have been using), might be an issue with PhantomJS.

[pepelsbey]

Here's my output

$ dalek tests/test.js 
Running tests
Running Browser: PhantomJS
OS: mac unknown 32bit
Browser Version: 1.9.7

RUNNING TEST - "Body class is switching from `list` to `full` on F5"
▶ OPEN http://shwr.me/shower/themes/ribbon/
▶ SENDKEYS body
✔ ATTRIBUTE Mode is full
✔ 1 Assertions run
✔ TEST - "Body class is switching from `list` to `full` on F5" SUCCEEDED

RUNNING TEST - "Body class is switching from `list` to `full` on Cmd Alt P"
▶ OPEN http://shwr.me/shower/themes/ribbon/
▶ SENDKEYS body
✘ ATTRIBUTE
0 EXPECTED: full
0 FOUND: list
0 MESSAGE: Mode is full
✘ TEST - "Body class is switching from `list` to `full` on Cmd Alt P" FAILED

 1/2 assertions passed. Elapsed Time: 6.98 sec 

[pepelsbey]

Yep, works fine with -b chrome option. Thank you, I should've tried it myself.

[hadynz]

In case this is useful to anyone else, I've written a small NPM module unicode-keymap to return a key code reference map based on the W3C WebDriver Spec.

Example usage:

var keys = require('unicode-keymap');

module.exports = {
    'Body class is switching from `list` to `full` on Cmd Alt P': function (test) {
        test
            .open('http://shwr.me/shower/themes/ribbon/')
            .sendKeys('body', keys.CONTROL + keys.ALT + '\u0050') // Cmd Alt P
            .assert.attr('body', 'class', 'full', 'Mode is full')
        .done();
    }
}