# Overriding SendKeyStrategy capability/using specific strategy with driver.sendKeys();

**URL:** <https://discuss.appium.io/t/overriding-sendkeystrategy-capability-using-specific-strategy-with-driver-sendkeys/5225>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [July 16, 2015, 10:11am UTC](https://discuss.appium.io/t/overriding-sendkeystrategy-capability-using-specific-strategy-with-driver-sendkeys/5225 "2015-07-16T10:11:59Z")\
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**Author:** ![Simon\_K](https://discuss.appium.io/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/f19dbf/32.png) [@Simon\_K](https://discuss.appium.io/u/Simon_K)\
**Post date:** [July 16, 2015, 10:11am UTC](https://discuss.appium.io/t/overriding-sendkeystrategy-capability-using-specific-strategy-with-driver-sendkeys/5225/1 "2015-07-16T10:11:59Z")

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I use sendKeyStrategy - setValue throughout the app, but there is a single field that does not play nice with it (but works fine with OneByOne).

Is it possible to use SetValue throughout the test but switch to OneByOne for specific instances of sendKeys?

PS: I figured i’d cross post the question as not everyone on discuss is on github and vice versa.

> <https://github.com/appium/java-client/issues/217>