Minimal repro for selenium control-key bug

ctrlkey_minimal_repro.py

import unittest
from selenium import webdriver
from selenium.webdriver import ActionChains
from selenium.webdriver.common.keys import Keys

class TestCtrlKey(unittest.TestCase):

    def tearDown(self):
        self.browser.quit()

    def test_firefox_send_keys(self):
        self.browser = webdriver.Firefox()
        self.browser.implicitly_wait(3)
        self.assert_ctrlkey_doesnt_break_subsequent_clicks()

    def test_chrome_send_keys(self):
        self.browser = webdriver.Chrome()
        self.browser.implicitly_wait(3)
        self.assert_ctrlkey_doesnt_break_subsequent_clicks()

    def test_firefox_actionchains(self):
        self.browser = webdriver.Firefox()
        self.browser.implicitly_wait(3)
        self.assert_actionchains_work()

    def test_chrome_actionchains(self):
        self.browser = webdriver.Chrome()
        self.browser.implicitly_wait(3)
        self.assert_actionchains_work()


    def assert_ctrlkey_doesnt_break_subsequent_clicks(self):
        # sanity-check to start with
        self.browser.get("http://www.seleniumhq.org/")
        self.browser.find_element_by_link_text("About").click()
        self.browser.find_element_by_link_text("History")

        # but send_keys including a control breaks
        self.browser.get("http://www.seleniumhq.org/")
        self.browser.find_element_by_id("q").send_keys(Keys.CONTROL, "c")
        self.browser.find_element_by_link_text("About").click() # will open in new tab if ctrl persists
        self.browser.find_element_by_link_text("History") # will fail if about page is in new tab


    def assert_actionchains_work(self):
        # actionchains with explicit keydown and keyup are fine
        self.browser.get("http://www.seleniumhq.org/")
        ActionChains(self.browser).key_down(Keys.CONTROL).perform()
        self.browser.find_element_by_id("q").send_keys("c")
        ActionChains(self.browser).key_up(Keys.CONTROL).perform()
        self.browser.find_element_by_link_text("About").click()
        self.browser.find_element_by_link_text("History")


if __name__ == '__main__':
    unittest.main()