What version of WATIR are you using. Correct me if I am wrong, but if you are using pre-3.0 Watir, send_key "{TAB}" should work...
On Friday, October 26, 2012 6:35:38 AM UTC-4, uday swami wrote: > > browser.alert.set "username" > browser.alert.send_key :tab > browser.alert.set "my_password" > browser.alert.ok > when I did this it just sets same text_field with first "username",then > ":tab" and then password so at last that text field has password and curser > doesn't go to next field either. It considers :tab as text and not special > key. the alert method in its apis uses send_keys in its "set" method so I > also tried to send :tab from there but same result. > > On Thu, Oct 25, 2012 at 11:00 PM, RJ <rj41...@gmail.com <javascript:>>wrote: > >> you said 'I tried " >> browser.alert.set :tab >> but I think you meant, you tried >> browser.alert.send_keys :tab >> >> right? are you asking about browser.send_keys or browser.alert.set? >> >> >> what happens when you do the following? >> >> browser.alert.set "username" >> browser.alert.send_key :tab >> browser.alert.set "my_password" >> browser.alert.ok >> >> >> >> -- >> Before posting, please read http://watir.com/support. In short: search >> before you ask, be nice. >> >> watir-...@googlegroups.com <javascript:> >> http://groups.google.com/group/watir-general >> watir-genera...@googlegroups.com <javascript:> >> > > -- Before posting, please read http://watir.com/support. In short: search before you ask, be nice. watir-general@googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/watir-general watir-general+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com