Browser doesn't perform Arrow commands through browser.keys() method

[oleksandr-maliarenko]

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Environment (please complete the following information):

• WebdriverIO version: 5.9.6
• Mode: Standalone
• If WDIO Testrunner, running sync/async: sync
• Node.js version: 8.16.0
• NPM version: 6.9.0
• Browser name and version: Chrome, 74
• Platform name and version: MacOS 10.14.5
• Additional wdio packages used (if applicable): ["@wdio/cli": "^5.8.3",
  "@wdio/local-runner",
  "@wdio/mocha-framework",
  "@wdio/selenium-standalone-service",
  "@wdio/spec-reporter",
  "@wdio/sync"]

Describe the bug
browser.keys('Down arrow') ('\uE015', 'ArrowDown') doesn't perform press Arrow button action in browser.

To Reproduce
Steps to reproduce the behavior:
Navigate to the page with a dropdown list with selectable options.
Click that dropdown to expand it.
User ArrowDown to move through the options of dropdown.

Actual result: Nothing happened. Option focus is not changed on ArrowDown action.

Expected behavior
I should be able to move through dropdown options using Arrows.

Log
gist

[christian-bromann]

Thanks for submitting the issue. Unfortunately this should be reported in the Chromedriver project. Cheers!

[oleksandr-maliarenko]

Got it. Thanks!