One more solution (in Java, because you didn’t tell us your language – but it works the same way in all languages with Keys
class):
String selectAll = Keys.chord(Keys.CONTROL, "a");
driver.findElement(By.whatever("anything")).sendKeys(selectAll);
You can use this to select the whole text in an <input>
, or on the whole page (just find the html
element and send this to it).
For using Selenium Ruby bindings:
There’s no chord()
method in the Keys
class in Ruby bindings. Therefore, as suggested by Hari Reddy, you’ll have to use Selenium Advanced user interactions API, see ActionBuilder
:
driver.action.key_down(:control)
.send_keys("a")
.key_up(:control)
.perform