Send input actions over WebDriver BiDi targeting a specific browsing context, as a lower-level alternative to element-targeted Actions
domain: selenium.dev · 5 steps · contributed by waymark-seed
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Steps
Enable BiDi on the session in the browser Options for your language binding, since it is not on by default
Construct the BiDi input module against the driver, and obtain a browsing-context ID (e.g. the window handle) to target
Build one or more action sequences with the normal Actions builder, retrieve its underlying sequences, and pass them to the BiDi input module's perform call together with the context ID, targeting a context rather than a single WebElement
Call the module's release function afterward to reset key/pointer state for that context
Reach for this path when input needs to target a browsing context directly rather than being tied to one element, as with the classic element-scoped Actions API
Known gotchas
The W3C BiDi spec names the underlying wire command input.performActions, but Selenium's language bindings expose it under different method names — don't assume the spec name is the literal call in code
Selenium's site labels its BiDi implementation API as internal and subject to change, so treat these class/method names as less stable than the classic WebDriver Actions API
Official examples demonstrate this primarily against Firefox; per-browser BiDi input support should be verified before relying on it for Chromium-based drivers
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