WebDriverException: unknown error: Cannot construct KeyEvent from non-typeable key

[Farid Ismailov]

Hello everyone,

Today I found a big issue with my Selenium autotests using Chrome Webdriver.

When Chrome is launched on any keyboard layout that is not English - any sendKeys command throws an error "WebDriverException: unknown error: Cannot construct KeyEvent from non-typeable key"

When Chrome is launched on English keyboard layout - everything works fine.

The problem is that when I run lots of autotests in headless - it blocks any other work on my machine, since I can't switch keyboard layouts.

Here are my specs:

Caused by: org.openqa.selenium.WebDriverException: unknown error: Cannot construct KeyEvent from non-typeable key
  (Session info: chrome=98.0.4758.80)
Build info: version: '4.1.1', revision: 'e8fcc2cecf'
System info: host: 'CAB-WSM-0016015', ip: '192.168.1.30', os.name: 'Mac OS X', os.arch: 'x86_64', os.version: '12.2', java.version: '17'
Driver info: org.openqa.selenium.chrome.ChromeDriver
Command: [8b1b0985f7df799e6f75a6d49a329aeb, sendKeysToElement {id=9df8413d-3c91-4223-a7d4-14171e114c5b, value=[Ljava.lang.CharSequence;@7493d937}]
Capabilities {acceptInsecureCerts: true, browserName: chrome, browserVersion: 98.0.4758.80, chrome: {chromedriverVersion: 98.0.4758.48 (d869ab3eda606..., userDataDir: /var/folders/4g/mz1k_6_93vz...}, goog:chromeOptions: {debuggerAddress: localhost:53820}, javascriptEnabled: true, networkConnectionEnabled: false, pageLoadStrategy: normal, platform: MAC, platformName: MAC, proxy: Proxy(), se:cdp: ws://localhost:53820/devtoo..., se:cdpVersion: 98.0.4758.80, setWindowRect: true, strictFileInteractability: false, timeouts: {implicit: 0, pageLoad: 300000, script: 30000}, unhandledPromptBehavior: dismiss and notify, webauthn:extension:credBlob: true, webauthn:extension:largeBlob: true, webauthn:virtualAuthenticators: true}
Element: [[ChromeDriver: chrome on MAC (8b1b0985f7df799e6f75a6d49a329aeb)] -> css selector: input[name='q']]

[Mathias Bynens]

Is this related to https://chromium-review.googlesource.com/c/chromium/src/+/3256792?

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[Guillaume CHAU]

I see the exact same issue when my Linux computer keyboard layout is set to French (AZERTY). Switching to QWERTY (English US) solves it but this is only a workaround as my physical keyboard is AZERTY.

[Farid Ismailov]

Nope. Not at all. I am sending regular english letters.

They are just not being sent if the system was switched to non-english keyboard layout.

On version 97 it switched to EN keyboard layout automatically.

четверг, 3 февраля 2022 г. в 11:46:44 UTC+3, Mathias Bynens:

[Sait Ishmukhametov]

same problem here, after upgrading chrome to 98  

Message: unknown error: Cannot construct KeyEvent from non-typeable key (Session info: chrome=98.0.4758.82)

четверг, 3 февраля 2022 г. в 12:41:38 UTC+3, farid...@gmail.com:

[Rayane Chougar]

Hi,

I have the error after upgrading my chrome to 98.

Cannot construct KeyEvent from non-typeable key

maybe we have to downgrade chrome until it will be fixed

[Said Tahali]

is this issue not going to be fixed? it is affecting the whole world now :(
WebDriverException: Message: unknown error: Cannot construct KeyEvent from non-typeable key
  (Session info: headless chrome=98.0.4758.80)

[Vladimir Nechaev]

Dear ChromeDriver users,

The issues with sendKeys similar to chromedriver:3999 and chromedriver:4018 have appeared due to the commit fixing chromedriver:2269.

That commit has been reverted and we are currently exploring a possibility of propagating this revert to branches 98 and 99.
We will keep you posted.

Sincerely,
The ChromeDriver Team

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[Nicolò Zorzetto]

hey, has this been fixed? I am using version 98.0.4658.80 and bumping into the error the others have.
Thank you

[Jesse Brown]

I had zero issues with this update, perhaps it's time to review your code and replace deprecated functions.

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[Julien Valery]

Hello, 

I can confirm it is the case specially when for example you are typing a password into an input field with characters like # or ? in it. 

Really really annoying as we got a policy internally and I can not downgrade anymore to version 97.

Can't wait for next release to be rolled out.

Thank you,

[Sidhant Panda]

Still not solved..... I can verify that. Waiting since 2 days ^^. Although this problem can be solved using ACTIONCHAINS, but still........ 

[Sidhant Panda]

Deprecated function and non-typeable key are two different problems. So everyone, dont waste time on reviewing the code, rather use an alternative (using Actionchains) or wait for the damn fix

On Tuesday, 8 February 2022 at 23:53:58 UTC+1 jpbro...@gmail.com wrote: