[selenium-users] Key code problem with WebElement#sendKeys

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Hi everyone,


I'm using Selenium 3.13.0 with Selenium Chromedriver 2.40 on Java and I
have some key code encoding issue when sending keys to a web element. I'm
calling WebElement#sendKeys with a String that contains a URL (i.e. "Test
https://www.google.com") on a textarea element. However sendKeys seems to
press the Page-Up key instead of writing a "/". The Page-Up key is pressed
for the first "/" in the URL. The end result is the following input to the
textarea "/www.google.comTest https:". This happens because the Page-Up key
sends the cursor back to the beginning of the textarea at the first "/".


I should mention that I only have this problem on a build server (where my
test fails with the faulty input above). I myself use the default German
QUERTZ keyboard layout on my machine (where the test succeeds with the
intended input). However changing the keyboard layout to en-US or en-UK on
my machine also doesn't have the same effect as on the build server. The
test still works as intended.


I already tried a newer version of Selenium and/or the Chromedriver.
However the problem remains. Therefore I believe the problem must be
related to locale or keyboard layout. I have no idea how to proceed
debugging this issue. Any help from more experienced Selenium users is
greatly appreciated!


Best regards

Albert Steckermeier