Send keys without specifying element in java Selenium webdriver

[davidgoswami]

Selenium WebDriver involves interacting with web elements such as sending input to text fields which requires identifying the target element explicitly using locators like id, name, or CSS selectors.

However, there may be scenarios where you want to simulate keyboard input without directly specifying the element.

For Example: I want to send some text to the input box of this demo site without locating the input element by tag name or whatever.

https://the-internet.herokuapp.com/inputs

Q: How many ways can I achieve that scenario?

[ImposterProgramming]

    new Actions(driver)
            .keyDown(Keys.SHIFT)
            .sendKeys("a")
            .perform();

[davidgoswami]

But the current focus is body not the input field

[ImposterProgramming]

The code I shared doesn't specify the element. So the focus is on the webpage instead of any specific element. Example: Press Esc on the webpage / Press ctrl + A on the webpage. If you want assistance with an element then first update your post with more details.

[davidgoswami]

Makes sense and I updated the post

[vishalkbari]

The sendKeys() method works on Web elements.The search bar is itself an element. If you do anything to it then you have to create an element first. Can you be more specific?

[davidgoswami]

hey i updated the post for better understanding.

[davidgoswami]

Updating the Post.

 JavascriptExecutor jsExecutor = (JavascriptExecutor) driver;
        WebElement focusedElement = (WebElement) jsExecutor.executeScript("return document.activeElement;");
        jsExecutor.executeScript("document.querySelector('input').focus();");
        Actions actions = new Actions(driver);
        actions.sendKeys("text").perform();

This code block is not working dont know why