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Clearing Text value by Javascript Executor and Actions are NOT working!- Selenium
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Im trying to clear the Existing value of a field[TextBox]by the folowing ways,
- Action - MoveToElement - Keys.Backspace
- Selenium method - Clear()
everytime: used to get the same error message :No such elementexception though the element identification is correct and even i tried to focus the element before performing the action but still failed.
suggest me the approach please
note: Microsoft.Dynamics CRM application
c# selenium-webdriver dynamics-crm
asked Nov 21 '18 at 19:48
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Im trying to clear the Existing value of a field[TextBox]by the folowing ways,
- Action - MoveToElement - Keys.Backspace
- Selenium method - Clear()
everytime: used to get the same error message :No such elementexception though the element identification is correct and even i tried to focus the element before performing the action but still failed.
suggest me the approach please
note: Microsoft.Dynamics CRM application
c# selenium-webdriver dynamics-crm
asked Nov 21 '18 at 19:48
stanstan
327
please post a snippet of your HTML including the element which you are trying to clear. Is the element contained within a frame or iframe?
– Ryan Wilson
Nov 21 '18 at 19:50
No such element == you have wrong locator.
– Vladimir Efimov
Nov 21 '18 at 19:50
1
@VladimirEfimov It's possible the locator is correct but the element is inside a frame, iframe document. If it's inside a frame or iframe, the driver needs to be moved to the frame document for it to be able to find the element.
– Ryan Wilson
Nov 21 '18 at 19:51
@RyanWilson yep, good addition makes sense... but anyway stan says that he was able to "focus" an element whetever that means... probably 'focus' it via browser inspector.
– Vladimir Efimov
Nov 21 '18 at 19:52
1
when i enter the value for the first time - selenium ables to identify the element BUT when i access the same element for clearing the value - selenium fails to locate it and throws the error! @RyanWilson
– stan
Nov 21 '18 at 20:36
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Im trying to clear the Existing value of a field[TextBox]by the folowing ways,
- Action - MoveToElement - Keys.Backspace
- Selenium method - Clear()
everytime: used to get the same error message :No such elementexception though the element identification is correct and even i tried to focus the element before performing the action but still failed.
suggest me the approach please
note: Microsoft.Dynamics CRM application
c# selenium-webdriver dynamics-crm
asked Nov 21 '18 at 19:48
stanstan
327
Im trying to clear the Existing value of a field[TextBox]by the folowing ways,
- Action - MoveToElement - Keys.Backspace
- Selenium method - Clear()
everytime: used to get the same error message :No such elementexception though the element identification is correct and even i tried to focus the element before performing the action but still failed.
suggest me the approach please
note: Microsoft.Dynamics CRM application
c# selenium-webdriver dynamics-crm
c# selenium-webdriver dynamics-crm
asked Nov 21 '18 at 19:48
stanstan
327
asked Nov 21 '18 at 19:48
stanstan
327
asked Nov 21 '18 at 19:48
stanstan
327
asked Nov 21 '18 at 19:48
stanstan
327
asked Nov 21 '18 at 19:48
stanstan
327
327
please post a snippet of your HTML including the element which you are trying to clear. Is the element contained within a frame or iframe?
– Ryan Wilson
Nov 21 '18 at 19:50
No such element == you have wrong locator.
– Vladimir Efimov
Nov 21 '18 at 19:50
1
@VladimirEfimov It's possible the locator is correct but the element is inside a frame, iframe document. If it's inside a frame or iframe, the driver needs to be moved to the frame document for it to be able to find the element.
– Ryan Wilson
Nov 21 '18 at 19:51
@RyanWilson yep, good addition makes sense... but anyway stan says that he was able to "focus" an element whetever that means... probably 'focus' it via browser inspector.
– Vladimir Efimov
Nov 21 '18 at 19:52
1
when i enter the value for the first time - selenium ables to identify the element BUT when i access the same element for clearing the value - selenium fails to locate it and throws the error! @RyanWilson
– stan
Nov 21 '18 at 20:36
|
show 5 more comments
please post a snippet of your HTML including the element which you are trying to clear. Is the element contained within a frame or iframe?
– Ryan Wilson
Nov 21 '18 at 19:50
No such element == you have wrong locator.
– Vladimir Efimov
Nov 21 '18 at 19:50
1
@VladimirEfimov It's possible the locator is correct but the element is inside a frame, iframe document. If it's inside a frame or iframe, the driver needs to be moved to the frame document for it to be able to find the element.
– Ryan Wilson
Nov 21 '18 at 19:51
@RyanWilson yep, good addition makes sense... but anyway stan says that he was able to "focus" an element whetever that means... probably 'focus' it via browser inspector.
– Vladimir Efimov
Nov 21 '18 at 19:52
1
when i enter the value for the first time - selenium ables to identify the element BUT when i access the same element for clearing the value - selenium fails to locate it and throws the error! @RyanWilson
– stan
Nov 21 '18 at 20:36
please post a snippet of your HTML including the element which you are trying to clear. Is the element contained within a frame or iframe?
– Ryan Wilson
Nov 21 '18 at 19:50
please post a snippet of your HTML including the element which you are trying to clear. Is the element contained within a frame or iframe?
– Ryan Wilson
Nov 21 '18 at 19:50
No such element == you have wrong locator.
– Vladimir Efimov
Nov 21 '18 at 19:50
No such element == you have wrong locator.
– Vladimir Efimov
Nov 21 '18 at 19:50
1
1
@VladimirEfimov It's possible the locator is correct but the element is inside a frame, iframe document. If it's inside a frame or iframe, the driver needs to be moved to the frame document for it to be able to find the element.
– Ryan Wilson
Nov 21 '18 at 19:51
@VladimirEfimov It's possible the locator is correct but the element is inside a frame, iframe document. If it's inside a frame or iframe, the driver needs to be moved to the frame document for it to be able to find the element.
– Ryan Wilson
Nov 21 '18 at 19:51
@RyanWilson yep, good addition makes sense... but anyway stan says that he was able to "focus" an element whetever that means... probably 'focus' it via browser inspector.
– Vladimir Efimov
Nov 21 '18 at 19:52
@RyanWilson yep, good addition makes sense... but anyway stan says that he was able to "focus" an element whetever that means... probably 'focus' it via browser inspector.
– Vladimir Efimov
Nov 21 '18 at 19:52
1
1
when i enter the value for the first time - selenium ables to identify the element BUT when i access the same element for clearing the value - selenium fails to locate it and throws the error! @RyanWilson
– stan
Nov 21 '18 at 20:36
when i enter the value for the first time - selenium ables to identify the element BUT when i access the same element for clearing the value - selenium fails to locate it and throws the error! @RyanWilson
– stan
Nov 21 '18 at 20:36
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Based on additional data from comments here is what probably happens:
- You get an instance of
WebElement- there is an element matching yourlocatorat that moment of time
- You enter some value to the element - this action most likely changes your web element somehow (e.g. changes style/class/or even a tag)
- You trying to get an instance of the same
WebElementusing the samelocatorand NoSuchElementException is thrown - this is because the element is now not exactly the same as in step 1
If you add sample HTML before entering text and after the text is entered we probably will be able to provide the exact solution.
As of now I can suggest 2 ways:
- When you want to clear the text - you need to use different locator. That will match exactly the element you need to work with.
- If your page does not reload after you type text, you just can create a variable for
WebElement, find element and store it to the variable before entering the text, then work with this variable enter a text usingsendKeys, then clear text applyingclearmethod to this same variable. I.e. it might be that you don't really need to callfindElementtwice if the page stays the same.
answered Nov 22 '18 at 5:53
Vladimir EfimovVladimir Efimov
699412
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problem is focus is not on the element. driver was referring another page after switching to the current page i was able get the handle of webelement.
– stan
Nov 24 '18 at 19:27
many thanks for providing nice explanation and suggestions
– stan
Nov 24 '18 at 19:28
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Based on additional data from comments here is what probably happens:
- You get an instance of
WebElement- there is an element matching yourlocatorat that moment of time
- You enter some value to the element - this action most likely changes your web element somehow (e.g. changes style/class/or even a tag)
- You trying to get an instance of the same
WebElementusing the samelocatorand NoSuchElementException is thrown - this is because the element is now not exactly the same as in step 1
If you add sample HTML before entering text and after the text is entered we probably will be able to provide the exact solution.
As of now I can suggest 2 ways:
- When you want to clear the text - you need to use different locator. That will match exactly the element you need to work with.
- If your page does not reload after you type text, you just can create a variable for
WebElement, find element and store it to the variable before entering the text, then work with this variable enter a text usingsendKeys, then clear text applyingclearmethod to this same variable. I.e. it might be that you don't really need to callfindElementtwice if the page stays the same.
answered Nov 22 '18 at 5:53
Vladimir EfimovVladimir Efimov
699412
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problem is focus is not on the element. driver was referring another page after switching to the current page i was able get the handle of webelement.
– stan
Nov 24 '18 at 19:27
many thanks for providing nice explanation and suggestions
– stan
Nov 24 '18 at 19:28
add a comment |
1
Based on additional data from comments here is what probably happens:
- You get an instance of
WebElement- there is an element matching yourlocatorat that moment of time
- You enter some value to the element - this action most likely changes your web element somehow (e.g. changes style/class/or even a tag)
- You trying to get an instance of the same
WebElementusing the samelocatorand NoSuchElementException is thrown - this is because the element is now not exactly the same as in step 1
If you add sample HTML before entering text and after the text is entered we probably will be able to provide the exact solution.
As of now I can suggest 2 ways:
- When you want to clear the text - you need to use different locator. That will match exactly the element you need to work with.
- If your page does not reload after you type text, you just can create a variable for
WebElement, find element and store it to the variable before entering the text, then work with this variable enter a text usingsendKeys, then clear text applyingclearmethod to this same variable. I.e. it might be that you don't really need to callfindElementtwice if the page stays the same.
answered Nov 22 '18 at 5:53
Vladimir EfimovVladimir Efimov
699412
1
problem is focus is not on the element. driver was referring another page after switching to the current page i was able get the handle of webelement.
– stan
Nov 24 '18 at 19:27
many thanks for providing nice explanation and suggestions
– stan
Nov 24 '18 at 19:28
add a comment |
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Based on additional data from comments here is what probably happens:
- You get an instance of
WebElement- there is an element matching yourlocatorat that moment of time
- You enter some value to the element - this action most likely changes your web element somehow (e.g. changes style/class/or even a tag)
- You trying to get an instance of the same
WebElementusing the samelocatorand NoSuchElementException is thrown - this is because the element is now not exactly the same as in step 1
If you add sample HTML before entering text and after the text is entered we probably will be able to provide the exact solution.
As of now I can suggest 2 ways:
- When you want to clear the text - you need to use different locator. That will match exactly the element you need to work with.
- If your page does not reload after you type text, you just can create a variable for
WebElement, find element and store it to the variable before entering the text, then work with this variable enter a text usingsendKeys, then clear text applyingclearmethod to this same variable. I.e. it might be that you don't really need to callfindElementtwice if the page stays the same.
answered Nov 22 '18 at 5:53
Vladimir EfimovVladimir Efimov
699412
Based on additional data from comments here is what probably happens:
- You get an instance of
WebElement- there is an element matching yourlocatorat that moment of time
- You enter some value to the element - this action most likely changes your web element somehow (e.g. changes style/class/or even a tag)
- You trying to get an instance of the same
WebElementusing the samelocatorand NoSuchElementException is thrown - this is because the element is now not exactly the same as in step 1
If you add sample HTML before entering text and after the text is entered we probably will be able to provide the exact solution.
As of now I can suggest 2 ways:
- When you want to clear the text - you need to use different locator. That will match exactly the element you need to work with.
- If your page does not reload after you type text, you just can create a variable for
WebElement, find element and store it to the variable before entering the text, then work with this variable enter a text usingsendKeys, then clear text applyingclearmethod to this same variable. I.e. it might be that you don't really need to callfindElementtwice if the page stays the same.
answered Nov 22 '18 at 5:53
Vladimir EfimovVladimir Efimov
699412
answered Nov 22 '18 at 5:53
Vladimir EfimovVladimir Efimov
699412
answered Nov 22 '18 at 5:53
Vladimir EfimovVladimir Efimov
699412
answered Nov 22 '18 at 5:53
Vladimir EfimovVladimir Efimov
699412
699412
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problem is focus is not on the element. driver was referring another page after switching to the current page i was able get the handle of webelement.
– stan
Nov 24 '18 at 19:27
many thanks for providing nice explanation and suggestions
– stan
Nov 24 '18 at 19:28
add a comment |
1
problem is focus is not on the element. driver was referring another page after switching to the current page i was able get the handle of webelement.
– stan
Nov 24 '18 at 19:27
many thanks for providing nice explanation and suggestions
– stan
Nov 24 '18 at 19:28
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problem is focus is not on the element. driver was referring another page after switching to the current page i was able get the handle of webelement.
– stan
Nov 24 '18 at 19:27
problem is focus is not on the element. driver was referring another page after switching to the current page i was able get the handle of webelement.
– stan
Nov 24 '18 at 19:27
many thanks for providing nice explanation and suggestions
– stan
Nov 24 '18 at 19:28
many thanks for providing nice explanation and suggestions
– stan
Nov 24 '18 at 19:28
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please post a snippet of your HTML including the element which you are trying to clear. Is the element contained within a frame or iframe?
– Ryan Wilson
Nov 21 '18 at 19:50
No such element == you have wrong locator.
– Vladimir Efimov
Nov 21 '18 at 19:50
1
@VladimirEfimov It's possible the locator is correct but the element is inside a frame, iframe document. If it's inside a frame or iframe, the driver needs to be moved to the frame document for it to be able to find the element.
– Ryan Wilson
Nov 21 '18 at 19:51
@RyanWilson yep, good addition makes sense... but anyway stan says that he was able to "focus" an element whetever that means... probably 'focus' it via browser inspector.
– Vladimir Efimov
Nov 21 '18 at 19:52
1
when i enter the value for the first time - selenium ables to identify the element BUT when i access the same element for clearing the value - selenium fails to locate it and throws the error! @RyanWilson
– stan
Nov 21 '18 at 20:36