[Editorial review] BiDi - Add pages for input module commands and event

[dipikabh]

Description

This PR adds the following pages:

• input.performActions
• input.releaseActions
• input.setFiles
• input.fileDialogOpened

Quick note about short-titles in front matter: In this module, I've used shorter short-titles (eg, performActions instead of input.performActions) - this only affects command (and event) names in the sidebar and breadcrumb. I'll update the short-titles in the already published session, browser, and log modules in a follow-up PR.

Spec links

• https://w3c.github.io/webdriver-bidi/#command-input-performActions
• https://w3c.github.io/webdriver-bidi/#command-input-releaseActions
• https://w3c.github.io/webdriver-bidi/#command-input-setFiles

Related issue

Doc issue: mdn/mdn#339

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Preview URLs (6 pages)

• /en-US/docs/Web/WebDriver/Reference/BiDi/Modules/input/fileDialogOpened
• /en-US/docs/Web/WebDriver/Reference/BiDi/Modules/input/performActions
• /en-US/docs/Web/WebDriver/Reference/BiDi/Modules/input/releaseActions
• /en-US/docs/Web/WebDriver/Reference/BiDi/Modules/input/setFiles
• /en-US/docs/Web/WebDriver/Reference/BiDi/Modules/input
• /en-US/docs/Web/WebDriver/Reference/BiDi/Modules/session/subscribe

Flaws (16)

Note! 1 document with no flaws that don't need to be listed. 🎉

Found an unexpected or unresolvable flaw? Please report it here.

URL: /en-US/docs/Web/WebDriver/Reference/BiDi/Modules/input/fileDialogOpened
Title: input.fileDialogOpened event
Flaw count: 1

• broken_links:
  • Link /en-US/docs/Web/WebDriver/Reference/BiDi/Modules/browsingContext/getTree doesn't resolve

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URL: /en-US/docs/Web/WebDriver/Reference/BiDi/Modules/input/performActions
Title: input.performActions command
Flaw count: 7

• broken_links:
  • Link /en-US/docs/Web/WebDriver/Reference/BiDi/Modules/browsingContext/getTree doesn't resolve
  • Link /en-US/docs/Web/WebDriver/Reference/BiDi/Modules/browsingContext/locateNodes doesn't resolve
  • Link /en-US/docs/Web/WebDriver/Reference/BiDi/Modules/script/evaluate doesn't resolve
  • Link /en-US/docs/Web/WebDriver/Reference/BiDi/Modules/script/callFunction doesn't resolve
  • Link /en-US/docs/Web/WebDriver/Reference/BiDi/Modules/browsingContext/getTree doesn't resolve
  • and 2 more flaws omitted

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URL: /en-US/docs/Web/WebDriver/Reference/BiDi/Modules/input/releaseActions
Title: input.releaseActions command
Flaw count: 1

• broken_links:
  • Link /en-US/docs/Web/WebDriver/Reference/BiDi/Modules/browsingContext/getTree doesn't resolve

---

URL: /en-US/docs/Web/WebDriver/Reference/BiDi/Modules/input/setFiles
Title: input.setFiles command
Flaw count: 6

• broken_links:
  • Link /en-US/docs/Web/WebDriver/Reference/BiDi/Modules/browsingContext/getTree doesn't resolve
  • Link /en-US/docs/Web/WebDriver/Reference/BiDi/Modules/browsingContext/locateNodes doesn't resolve
  • Link /en-US/docs/Web/WebDriver/Reference/BiDi/Modules/script/evaluate doesn't resolve
  • Link /en-US/docs/Web/WebDriver/Reference/BiDi/Modules/script/callFunction doesn't resolve
  • Link /en-US/docs/Web/WebDriver/Reference/BiDi/Modules/browsingContext/locateNodes doesn't resolve
  • and 1 more flaws omitted

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URL: /en-US/docs/Web/WebDriver/Reference/BiDi/Modules/session/subscribe
Title: session.subscribe command
Flaw count: 1

• broken_links:
  • Link /en-US/docs/Web/WebDriver/Reference/BiDi/Modules/browsingContext/getTree doesn't resolve

External URLs (1)

URL: /en-US/docs/Web/WebDriver/Reference/BiDi/Modules/input/performActions
Title: input.performActions command

• https://w3c.github.io/webdriver/ (1 time) (Note! This may be a new URL 👀)

(comment last updated: 2026-05-20 16:55:59)

[whimboo]

Thank you for starting work on this module. It's clearly the most complicated one because it includes the action commands. For these I have indeed the most feedback for you. Please see my inline comments for all of these.

[dipikabh]

Thanks a lot for the review, @whimboo!
I think I have addressed all the feedback. Let me know if any updates are required.

[dipikabh]

Thanks for the feedback, @whimboo.

I've added changes for outer and inner and also updated duration and the example code to demo duration in two parallel outer actions. PTAL

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This pull request has merge conflicts that must be resolved before it can be merged.

[whimboo]

Thank you for all the updates. It looks good to me now.

[dipikabh]

Hi Vadim, this is now ready for an editorial review - would appreciate your feedback. Thanks!

[pepelsbey]

Looks good! Thank you 🙂

A few minor suggestions below.

[pepelsbey]

Looking at the example, the actual value is a Unicode sequence like \uE008 and we don’t have them listed on the MDN page. But they are listed in the spec: https://w3c.github.io/webdriver/#keyboard-actions

It might be worth adding both links or just the spec one. Not sure!

[dipikabh]

Thanks for flagging this. You're right!

I've updated the link to point to the section in spec for now. We could consider adding that table to the WebDriver reference in a follow-up.

Also adjusted the phrasing slightly:

• value
  • : A string that contains the key value.
    Specify this when the inner type field value is "keyDown" or "keyUp".
    For special keys such as Shift or Enter, use the Unicode code points defined in the WebDriver keyboard actions table (for example, "\uE008" for the Shift key). For printable characters, use the character directly (for example, "a").

[dipikabh]

Thanks for the review, @pepelsbey!
All valid suggestions. I've incorporated them all.