w3c / w3c/webdriver

Support international keyboard layouts

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enhancement
Dominant language
HTML
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Description

The WebDriver specification currently restricts the values of valid keyboard input to US american keyboard input.

This is not sufficient for testing international web pages.

Please consider to either add bindings for all Unicode printable glyphs or to amend the spec to accept all printable glyphs.

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First steps

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  2. Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

Research direction

Start with the keyboard actions section of the linked WebDriver specification and review how valid keyboard input values are defined. Determine whether the issue requires Unicode printable glyph bindings or a broader specification amendment; done means a decided, clearly scoped standards change rather than an implementation patch.

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Assessment

Domain
api, documentation
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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