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Types a key sequence on the DOM element. Can be used to send a sequence of key strokes to an element. Any UTF-8 character may be specified.

An object map with available keys and their respective UTF-8 characters, as defined on W3C WebDriver draft spec, is loaded onto the main Nightwatch instance as browser.Keys.

For more info on working with DOM elements in Nightwatch, refer to the Finding & interacting with DOM Elements guide page.

Usage

                    browser.element(selector).sendKeys(...keys)
                

Example

export default {
  demoTest(browser: NightwatchAPI): void {
    browser.element('input[type=text]').sendKeys('nightwatch');
  },

  async demoTestAsync(browser: NightwatchAPI): Promise<void> {
    browser.element('input[type=text]').sendKeys('nightwatch');
  }
}

Parameters

Returns

See also

• https://www.selenium.dev/selenium/docs/api/javascript/module/selenium-webdriver/index_exports_WebElement.html#sendKeys

W3C WebDriver spec

• /#element-send-keys