Selenium WebDriver typing very slow in text field on IE browser

Question

I\'m running one of my scripts on IE 11 browser with Selenium 2.43.1 when the script types in text field using following:

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Answer 1

My issue was with the driver architecture, and fixed it by downloading and using a 32bit one.

To switch to 32 bit here is what you have to do

1. Download 32 bit driver service from http://selenium-release.storage.googleapis.com/index.html

2. Instantiate your InterExplorerWeDriver class using InternetExplorerDriverService class with path to 32 bit driver service.

   InternetExplorerDriver ieDiver = new InternetExplorerDriver(“Path to the 32 bit Explorer driver”);

OR if using a builder:

System.setProperty(“webdriver.ie.driver”,“C:\\drivers\\IEDriverServer.exe”);
DesiredCapabilities ieCapabilities=DesiredCapabilities.internetExplorer();
ieCapabilities.setCapability(InternetExplorerDriver
 .INTRODUCE_FLAKINESS_BY_IGNORING_SECURITY_DOMAINS,true);
ieCapabilities.setCapability("requireWindowFocus", true);
File ie_temp=newFile(“C:\\Selenium\\IEDrivertemp”);
InternetExplorerDriverService.Builder 
ies=newInternetExplorerDriverService.Builder();
ies.withExtractPath(ie_temp);
InternetExplorerDriverService service=ies.build();
WebDriver driver=newInternetExplorerDriver(service,ieCapabilities))

The thread that helped me resolve

http://forumsqa.com/question/typing-too-slow-in-text-fields-while-replaying-tests/

Answer 2

You can change to 32 bit version,it will be speed compare to 64 bit.

Answer 3

I had the same problem when using the 64bit version of IEDriverServer. Change to the 32bit and It worked fine.

Source: WebDriver and IE10 very slow input

Answer 4

to improve the speed for send Keys function, one can perform below steps:-

1. go to project-->properties->Java compiler-->under the java compliance --deselect the use compliance option and change the compile compliance level to 1.7 and then click to apply.

It will work smoothly.

Answer 5

For 64 bit WebDriver:

1. Open IE
2. Go to Internet Options → Advanced → Security
3. Check ☑ Enable 64-bit processes for Enhanced Protected Mode
4. Click Apply and OK

For 32 bit WebDriver:

1. Open IE
2. Go to Internet Options → Advanced → Security
3. Uncheck ☐ Enable 64-bit processes for Enhanced Protected Mode
4. Click Apply and OK

strangely:

• The setting was necessary no matter if enhanced protected mode was activated or not.
• Other than the text says in the dialog, restarting my computer was not necessary.

My setup: Windows 10, IE 11, everything 64 bit, Selenium 3.4

Answer 6

For IEServerDriver 3.14.0 this works for speeding up typing a bit.

WebDriver browser;
InternetExplorerOptions options = new InternetExplorerOptions();
    options.disableNativeEvents();
    options.requireWindowFocus();
browser = new InternetExplorerDriver(options);

DesiredCapabilities method is deprecated and options.IntroduceInstabilityByIgnoringProtectedModeSettings = true; and options.RequireWindowFocus = true; are no longer available.