i am pressing at open button , that brings the windows dialog , and i want to select from it an image to upload .
(driver.findElement(By.id("myID")).sendKeys("C:\\myPhoto.jpg"); NOT WORKING )
i tried using robot class , but it does nothing .
//Image upload code
driver.findElement(By.id("image_file"));
driver.findElement(By.id("image_file")).click(); \\ window dialog opens
uploadImage("C:\\myPhoto.jpg");
Thread.sleep(500);
public static void setClipBoardData(String string){
//Copying the path of the file to the clipboard
//StringSelection class used for copy and paste operations.
StringSelection stringselect = new StringSelection(string);//Putting the path of the image to upload
Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().getSystemClipboard().setContents(stringselect, null);
}
public static void uploadImage(String imagelocation){
try{
//Setting clipboard with image location
setClipBoardData(imagelocation);
//Some sleep time to detect the window popup
Thread.sleep(500);
//native key strokes for CTRL, V and ENTER keys
Robot robot = new Robot();
robot.keyPress(KeyEvent.VK_CONTROL);
robot.keyPress(KeyEvent.VK_V);
robot.keyRelease(KeyEvent.VK_V);
robot.keyRelease(KeyEvent.VK_CONTROL);
//To Click on the "Open" button to upload files
robot.keyPress(KeyEvent.VK_ENTER);
robot.keyRelease(KeyEvent.VK_ENTER);
robot.delay(500);
} catch (Exception exp) {
exp.printStackTrace();
}
HTML - here
HTML -<div id="thumbnail" class="toolTipTranslate left-Arrow coverImageDimension" top="-=535px" left="580px" rtl-left="-702px" translatekey="ACTIVITY_DETAILS_IMAGE_TIP" width="264px">
<input id="activityIconFocusField" type="text" onclick="$('#thumbnailUploadImage').trigger('click');" readonly="" name="activityIcon">here
