Selenium IDE sendKeys doesn't trigger the js validation function on number fields

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I am trying to test if a validation error shows up when the user types a number into a number field that is not a whole number. The error appears when I type it into the field manually, but when I run it in selenium, the js is never triggered so the error doesn't show on the screen and the test fails.

<tr>
    <td>type</td>
    <td>//*[@id='notificationTimerNum']</td>
    <td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
    <td>sendKeys</td>
    <td>//*[@id='notificationTimerNum']</td>
    <td>1.5</td>
</tr>
<tr>
    <td>waitForVisible</td>
    <td>//*[contains(@class, 'control-error')]//*[contains(., 'The number of minutes must be entered as a whole number')]</td>
    <td></td>

I have also tried using the fireEvent command as suggested here with no luck.

In addition, I am unable to run Selenium IDE sendKeys on my local browser outside of the test environment because it errors out on sendKeys when trying to type a value into the number field.

[error] Unexpected Exception: Error: Cannot set the selection end.

Could you share a link to the web page (or a page with similar behaviour) please? — ralph.mayr
– ralph.mayr, Commented Feb 25, 2017 at 7:35

Klendathu · Accepted Answer · 2017-03-09 19:32:16Z

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I've experienced the same issue, in some cases, you have to send a keypress to the field AFTER you've entered the text, so after your sendKeys command with the number, do another one right after to send either a tab or enter keypress.

sendKeys | //*[id=notificationTimerNum] | ${KEY_TAB} (or ${KEY_ENTER})

For me, that "triggers" the validation of the data in the field, and you can then do the waitForVisible for the error message.

Klendathu

answered Mar 9, 2017 at 19:32

Klendathu

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Forever Noob Over a year ago

In Java, sendKeys(Keys.ENTER) worked for me. Thanks.

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