How to preserve the character sequence sent through SendKeys() method through Selenium and C#

Question

Selenium c# when entering data in a Textbox for My Test Website the the cursor position is set to the Middle and the data entered is like for eg 3421 instead of the correct Order of 1234 .

Can anyone suggest a good way as to how to handle this?

I have tried to Use pressing the HOME key button but it did not work.

Answer 1

It would be tough to predict the actual issue behind the non perseverance of the sequential order of the character sequence sent through SendKeys() method in absence of the relevant HTML .

However, in case the AUT (Application Under Test) is JavaScript , Angular or ReactJS based, as per best practices you need to induce WebDriverWait for the desired element to be clickable , then you need to invoke Clear() method and finally invoke SendKeys() method as follows:

• C#:

   IWebElement textBoxElement = new WebDriverWait(driver, TimeSpan.FromSeconds(10)).Until(ExpectedConditions.ElementToBeClickable(By.XPath("xpath_of_HOME_key_button"))); textBoxElement.Click(); textBoxElement.Clear(); textBoxElement.SendKeys("1234");