How can you send text input to a focused element?

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This can be done by simulating key presses on the focused element. One way is to perform “actions” on the web driver object:

new Actions(webDriver).sendKeys(“some text”).perform();

An alternative way is to switch to the active element first, and send keys to it directly:

webDriver.switchTo().activeElement().sendKeys(“some text”);