send_keys to some input element

[Al]

Is there any good way to send keystrokes to some specific input
element? Currently I use the next ugly code that does this:

ie.text_field(:name, "user_name").set("") # this should activate the
element name="user_name"
sleep 1
ie.send_keys("qwerty")

For some reason it doesn't work in Vista.

[Ken Lim]

Hi,

Good day.

Any error message?

Sorry but can't replicate your problem because I don't access to a Vista machine.

A possibility is by inserting a 'focus' before the ie.send_keys
Modified code as follows:

ie.text_field(:name, "user_name").focus
ie.send_keys


Regards,

On 9/6/07, Al < oleg.i...@gmail.com> wrote:

Is there any good way to send keystrokes to some specific input
element? Currently I use the next ugly code that does this:

ie.text_field(:name, "user_name").set("") # this should activate the
element name="user_name"
sleep 1

ie.send_keys ("qwerty")

[Al]

> Any error message?

No, there are no error messages, but it writes the send_keys keystroke
into url tab (because it is the current active element).
I tried:
ie.text_field(:name, "name").focus
sleep 1
ie.send_keys("hello")
The result is the same. The word "hello" is displayed in the url bar.