[Bug 23876] New: Typing keys algorithm should special case input type=file elements

https://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=23876

            Bug ID: 23876
           Summary: Typing keys algorithm should special case input
                    type=file elements
           Product: Browser Test/Tools WG
           Version: unspecified
          Hardware: PC
                OS: Linux
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: WebDriver
          Assignee: public-browser-tools-testing@w3.org
          Reporter: ato@mozilla.com
        QA Contact: public-browser-tools-testing@w3.org
                CC: mike@w3.org

The typing keys section specifies key-based interaction with web elements that
are interactable.  There's no special casing of input type=file elements which,
from a driver perspective, requires special handling.

My suggestion is that we allow that to short-curcuit the algorithm and leave
the steps to fill filename(s) into the field undefined since the widgets are
radically different depending on user agent and operating system.

As we discussed at the F2F in Boston we also need to cover input type=file
multiple elements.

Link to the section:

  https://dvcs.w3.org/hg/webdriver/raw-file/tip/webdriver-spec.html#typing-keys

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Received on Wednesday, 20 November 2013 13:57:25 UTC