Selenium chrome Keys.ENTER not working on 'title-input'

Question

I am having a problem sending the ENTER key using selenium. I've tried a variety of ways but it seems none of them are working.

Element code :

<span _ngcontent -c10>elementName</span>

After choosing the element, the element is changed to

 <input _ngcontent -c10 class="title-input" type="text">

-I have made sure I have the right element.

-Whenever there's a "RETURN" I also tried using "ENTER".

Things I tried:

--1--

textBox.click();
textBox.sendKeys(Keys.RETURN);

--2--

Actions actions = new Actions(driver);
actions.click(textBox);
actions.sendKeys(textBox, Keys.RETURN);

--3--

driver.getKeyBoard().pressKey(Keys.RETURN);
Thread.sleep(100);
driver.getKeyBoard().releaseKey(Keys.RETURN);

--4--

Robot r = new Robot();
textBox.click();
r.keyPress(KeyEvent.VK_ENTER);
Thread.sleep(100);
r.keyRelease(KeyEvent.VK_ENTER);

Any help is appreciated! Thanks!

A bit more of outerHTML as DebanjanB requested :

<div _ngcontent-c6 class="tab clicked" style="width: 50%;">
  <tab-header _ngcontent-c6 _nghost-c10>
    <span _ngcontent-c10 class="tab-header-name">
      <!---->
      <input _ngcontent-c10 class="title-input" type="text"> == $0
      <!---->
    </span>
    <!---->
    <span _ngcontent -c10 id="delete-tab" class="can-delete">x</span>
    <!---->
    <!---->
    <img _ngcontent-c10 id="not-pin-tab" src="assets/images/notPin.png">
  <tab-header>
</div>

Answer 1

As you mentioned that Keys.RETURN didn't work here are a few alternatives :

• As the WebElement is a Angular Element you have to induce WebDriverWait for the element to be clickable as follows :

  WebElement my_element = new WebDriverWait(driver, 20).until(ExpectedConditions.elementToBeClickable(textBox));
  

• Next you can attempt for the click() and sending Keys.RETURN as follows :

  my_element.click()
  my_element.sendKeys(Keys.RETURN);
  

• You can also try for Keys.Enter as an alternative as follows :

  my_element.click()
  my_element.sendKeys(Keys.ENTER); 
  

  You can find a detailed discussion in What is the best practice to simulate an ENTER or RETURN using Selenium WebDriver

• Incase the WebElement is with in a <form> tag you can also try to invoke submit() as follows :

  my_element.click()
  my_element.submit();