How can I use copy and paste with protractor on MAC with Chrome?
newInput.sendKeys(protractor.Key.chord(browser.controlKey, "a"));
newInput.sendKeys(protractor.Key.chord(browser.controlKey, "c"));
newInput.sendKeys(protractor.Key.chord(browser.controlKey, "v"));
I have "undefined" when I use this code
I use this code from this post Using cross-platform keyboard shortcuts in end-to-end testing but it doesn't work:
browser.controlKey = protractor.Key.CONTROL; //browser.controlKey is a global variable and can be accessed anywhere in the test specs
browser.getCapabilities().then(function(capabilities){
if(capabilities.caps_.platform === "MAC")
browser.controlKey = protractor.Key.COMMAND;
});
elm.sendKeys(protractor.Key.chord(browser.controlKey, "c"));
This is a known chromedriver
problem. Unfortunately, sending keyboard shortcuts from Protractor/WebDriverJS is not going to work on Chrome+Mac.
In our project, we've moved all of the tests that involve using keyboard shortcuts to Firefox:
var firefox_only_specs = [
"../specs/sometest1.spec.js",
"../specs/sometest2.spec.js"
];
exports.config = {
multiCapabilities: [
{
browserName: "chrome",
chromeOptions: {
args: ["incognito", "disable-extensions", "start-maximized"]
},
specs: [
"../specs/*.spec.js"
],
exclude: firefox_only_specs
},
{
browserName: "firefox",
specs: firefox_only_specs
}
],
// ...
}
protractor.Key.COMMAND
has been tagged as a wontfix in Protractor's github for MAC. Here is a solution I adapted from keyboard commands for left-handed users
Universal copy+paste alternative working for MAC, LINUX, and WINDOWS:
// This does a select all
element1.sendKeys(protractor.Key.chord(protractor.Key.CONTROL, protractor.Key.SHIFT, protractor.Key.HOME));
// This copies the text
element1.sendKeys(protractor.Key.chord(protractor.Key.CONTROL, protractor.Key.INSERT));
// This pastes it in another element
element2.sendKeys(protractor.Key.chord(protractor.Key.SHIFT, protractor.Key.INSERT));