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Desktop_Hotkeys command not working for CTRL+SHIFT+DELETE in Chrome/Firefox.

The Desktop_Hotkeys command is not working for CTRL+SHIFT+DELETE in Chrome/Firefox, the expected browser pop-up to clear cache was not displayed.

Please see screenshot of command setup below.

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Joseph Hamdan

Hi Stephen,

While we look further into this, the following questions might better assist us with resolving this issue:

1- Is this happening on your device only, or several people are having this issue?

2- If other people also have this issue, are they all using Windows OS? 

3- Is cloud execution impacted by it, or just local runs?

4- How critical is this? Does it impact a lot of test cases?

Regards,

Subject7 Team

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Joseph Hamdan

Hi Stephen,

Any update on the questions above? 

Regards,

Subject7 Team

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Joseph Hamdan

Hi Stephen,

After investigation, we found that "NUM_LOCK" key is causing the issue on some keyboards when this command is executed and Numbers Lock button is turned on. 

The solution is to add a step with Desktop_Hotkeys command (with NUM_LOCK) before the one that presses CTRL+SHIFT+DELETE. This will deactivate NUM_LOCK and then the next step will press CTRL+SHIFT+DELETE.

Please let us know if you have any more questions.

Regards,

Subject7 Team

 

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Joseph Hamdan

Hi Stephen,

Could you please let us know if there's still an issue with this so we can assist you?

Thanks and have a great day!

Regards,
Subject7 Team

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William Smith

The one issue with this is cloud execution.   I can either encode the NUM_LOCK press into the test, or manually press it for local executions.  If I code the NUM_LOCK into the test, then each time I execute the test it switches the NUM_LOCK state.

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Joseph Hamdan

Hi William,

We have added a new feature (called Sync Lock Hotkeys) in 9.3.1 version which is now available in production. The article below has been updated as well, so you can use CTRL+SHIFT+DEL with this option enabled (No need to add Num_Lock hotkey) and numbers lock will be switched off on every execution so the previous state will not affect the execution results.

https://subject7.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/SD/pages/879525938/DESKTOP+HOTKEYS+Command

Regards,
Subject7 Team

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