Keboard shortcut with modifier key doesn't work on IE

[lukeis]

Originally reported on Google Code with ID 7442

My site contains a button which can be executed using a keyboard shortcut alt+g.
On chrome and firefox the following worked:
browser.actions().keyDown(protractor.Key.ALT).perform();
browser.actions().sendKeys(g).perform();
browser.actions().keyDown(protractor.Key.ALT).perform();

but on IE the shortcut doesn't work. it just ignore it with any possible error.
Also this doesn't work:

browser.actions().sendKeys(protractor.Key.ALT, "j").perform();


My suspect is that the modifier key (ALT) doesn't work on IE.
Selenium version:2.41.0
OS: windows 7 
Browser:IE
Browser version: 10

I can't allow access to my website but you can use the following JSfiddle:
http://jsfiddle.net/F6Gbw/2/light/
to test keyboard shortcuts.

Thanks,
   Omer

Reported by omer727 on 2014-06-05 15:23:58

[lukeis]

Reported by barancev on 2014-06-05 20:05:24

• Labels added: Browser-IE

[lukeis]

your code looks like it's using a non-standard technique, but even with more standard
techniques, there seems to be an issue, described here, along with a workaround: https://code.google.com/p/selenium/issues/detail?id=7571

Reported by tim.romberg on 2014-09-02 11:37:39

[lukeis]

Reported by luke.semerau on 2015-09-17 17:46:59

• Labels added: Restrict-AddIssueComment-Commit