Selenium WebDriver Java - Cannot fill out input field in a form

Question

I'm trying to use .sendKeys(…) to fill out an input field in a form.

HTML I'm working with:

<tr>
   <td class="multi-line required" style="min-width:120px;">Name:</td>
   <td>
      <div style="position:relative">
         <span style="display:inline-block">
            <input type="text" id="_96a1fa0eccfaf628" size="40" maxlength="64" placeholder="" name="96a1fa0eccfaf628" value="">
         </span>
         <font class="error">*</font>
      </div>
   </td>
</tr>

The code I'm using:

driver.findElement(By.id("_96a1fa0eccfaf628")).sendKeys("Test Org 002");

I have also tried By.name("96a1fa0eccfaf628"), but nope.

The error Im getting: http://pastebin.com/tZ8FSwqx

No error message the text input just remains blank? You've double checked that there isn't another element with the same id/name on the page? This isn't in a frame is it? It if were in a frame you would need to switchTo the frame first. — EGHM
– EGHM, Commented Sep 23, 2015 at 20:20
Is this dynamically generated? If so, does the ID get set to the same value every time? — Shotgun Ninja
– Shotgun Ninja, Commented Sep 23, 2015 at 20:26
What exception are you getting? If you are not getting any exception then there is another input field with the same id. — LINGS
– LINGS, Commented Sep 23, 2015 at 20:54

Santoshsarma · Accepted Answer · 2015-09-24 05:24:47Z

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It seems problem with your locator (Id & name both has some dynamic & random values). Try with below locator

By.xpath("//td[contains(text(),'Name')]/following-sibling::td//input[@type='text']")

answered Sep 24, 2015 at 5:24

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JeffC · Accepted Answer · 2015-09-24 00:27:31Z

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I have a similar problem. First click in input element, then clear and finally sendkeys.

driver.findElement(By.XX("your_selector")).click();
driver.findElement(By.XX("your_selector")).clear();

Then write your sendKeys function.

edited Sep 24, 2015 at 0:27

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answered Sep 23, 2015 at 22:26

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JeffC Over a year ago

Why find the element more than once? You should scrape it and store it in a variable... then .click(), clear(), and sendKeys().

Mahsum Akbas Over a year ago

My point of view ia to tell logic of solution. As you can see, i didn't determine any "By" selector.so, however you write your script, i suggest a click and clear function steps

Spandroid · Accepted Answer · 2015-09-23 22:15:29Z

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Is the element ID Dynamically named "_96a1fa0eccfaf628" or is this always the name of the ID? If it's dynamically named for example the name changes each session then that may be your issue. If the element is always called "_96a1fa0eccfaf628" then I would try using the "type" command or using a click command to click the field and then do the sendKeys command with a small pause of say 400 ms in between each step and see if that works.

answered Sep 23, 2015 at 22:15

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Ardesco Over a year ago

changing the command used to put data into an element won't make a blind bit of difference when the OP is suffering from a NoSuchElementException. The OP either needs to identify the element correctly, or wait for the element to render.

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