Ctrl+Click using WebDriver

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What is the best way to do Ctrl+click on a DOM element?

score 4 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 23 '12 at 14:22

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A Google search of "webdriver ctrl click" turned up this result:

Ctrl+click requires three actions: a send_keys action to press the CTRL key, then a click action, and then another send_keys action to release the CTRL key.

answered Jan 23 '12 at 14:22

Thanks. What I'm confused about is that send_keys is done with respect to an element (i.e. element.send_keys). What element should I choose here? – Randomblue Jan 23 '12 at 17:17
The wording of the original question suggests you already have an element in mind. Are you asking how to identify that element to Webdriver? – Jan 24 '12 at 02:11
Well the element to do the click on is determined. But there is no specific element listening to the "Ctrl" event. – Randomblue Jan 24 '12 at 09:11
The answer may depend upon which event propagation model you use, but I believe you can direct the CTRL key press/release to the body element. – Jan 24 '12 at 15:13

Norayr Sargsyan · Answer 2 · 2020-06-05T13:24:44.457

for clicking on the link which expected to be opened from new tab use this

WebDriver driver = new ChromeDriver(); 
driver.get("https://www.yourSite.com"); 
WebElement element=driver.findElement(By.xpath("path_to_link")); 

Actions actions = new Actions(driver); 
actions.keyDown(Keys.LEFT_CONTROL) 
       .click(element) 
       .keyUp(Keys.LEFT_CONTROL) 
       .build() 
       .perform(); 

ArrayList<String> tab = new ArrayList<>(driver.getWindowHandles()); 
driver.switchTo().window(tab.get(1));

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Jun 06 '20 at 01:25

I think your best bet is to use Actions which is described here:

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/17756532/how-to-hold-key-down-with-selenium

You will want to execute the key_down action (for the CONTROL key), then the click action, then the key_up action.

The key codes for non-letter keys are listed here: https://selenium-python.readthedocs.io/api.html#module-selenium.webdriver.common.action_chains

score -1 · Answer 4 · edited Dec 04 '12 at 08:05

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The element is nothing but the variable to find the properties of the object so we are using WebElement to find it

WebElement obj = findElement(By.Xpath("")).click(); 
obj.sendkeys("xxxxx");

If you guys want to click submit button you can use code obi.submit(). This code navigates to the next page. It acts as the button click().

edited Dec 04 '12 at 08:05

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Ctrl+Click using WebDriver

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