How to speed up typing in Internet Explorer (IE) 11 in Selenium tests?

Question

Python

Good day!
While running the basic test (login) I encountered an unexpected problem on IE 11: very slow text entry in input fields.
Windows 10 x64,
IE 11,
Pytest,
Selenium 3.141
Tried using both x32 and x64 driver binaries. In the settings of IE itself, the checkbox for compatibility with 64-bit processes is checked. Tried to disable native events - 0 sense. I have to use duct tape as ctrl+c / ctrl+v.
Maybe there is some kind of workaround?

Answer 1

So, the problem resolved itself when the tests were run on a VM with 32-bit Windows and a 32-bit IEDriverServer binary

Answer 2

Use JS and browser.execute_script
You can peep the function to insert in Selenide

browser.execute_script(s"return (function(webelement, text) {" +
      "if (webelement.getAttribute('readonly') != undefined) return 'Cannot change value of readonly element';" +
        "if (webelement.getAttribute('disabled') != undefined) return 'Cannot change value of disabled element';" +
        "webelement.focus();" +
        "var maxlength = webelement.getAttribute('maxlength') == null ? -1 : parseInt(webelement.getAttribute('maxlength'));" +
        "webelement.value = " +
        "maxlength == -1 ? text " +
        ": text.length <= maxlength ? text " +
        ": text.substring(0, maxlength);" +
        "return null;" +
        "})(arguments[0], arguments[1]);", element, text)