How to Select Date from DatePicker/Calendar in Selenium Webdriver (easy)

HTML5 Controls

• The control used for selecting date and time in HTML5 is the DateTime Picker control.
• The DateTime Picker control has one input box.

DateTime Picker Control Functionality

• Pressing the tab key after filling the date in the input box is used to move the focus to the next field.
• To input a date like '09/25/2013', the value passed to the input box should be in the 'MM/dd/yyyy' format.

Code Example Details

• The programming language used in the code example is Java.

Selenium WebDriver Methods

• The purpose of the line 'System.setProperty("webdriver.chrome.driver", "chromedriver.exe");' is to set the property for the Chrome driver.
• The purpose of the line 'driver.manage().timeouts().implicitlyWait(10, TimeUnit.SECONDS);' is to set an implicit wait time of 10 seconds.
• The purpose of the line 'driver.findElement(By.id("datepicker")).sendKeys(date);' is to input a date value into the datepicker field.
• The purpose of the line 'driver.findElement(By.id("datepicker")).sendKeys(Keys.TAB);' is to simulate pressing the tab key.
• The purpose of the line 'driver.quit();' is to close the browser session.
• The method used to set an implicit wait time in Selenium WebDriver is implicitlyWait().
• The method used to find an element in Selenium WebDriver is findElement().
• The purpose of the sendKeys() method is to input values into a field.
• The purpose of the get() method is to navigate to a webpage.
• The purpose of the click() method is to simulate a click on an element.
• The purpose of the implicitlyWait() method is to set a default wait time for elements to load.
• The purpose of the xpath() method is to locate an element using XPath.
• The purpose of the keys() method is to simulate keyboard actions.
• The purpose of the maximize() method is to maximize the browser window.
• The purpose of the split() method in Java is to split a string into substrings based on a delimiter.