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Mohamed Yousof
Mohamed Yousof

Reputation: 775

How to click text area in Qwebview and python

I am using QWebView with python to create an automate application and I could select Qwebelements by tags and id, also it's easy to click buttons but I can't do the following - click elements with tag "Textarea" to prepare them to insert data - send keys to textrea elements

the code example for what I can do to fill a form is below but it doesn't work for textarea elements 

page = webview.page().mainFrame()
doc = page.documentElement()
username = doc.findFirst("input[id=email]")
username.setAttribute('value', "[email protected]")
password = doc.findfirst("input[id=pass]")
bt.evaluateJavaScript('this.click()')

#this one after getting button element as above ones

Upvotes: 1

Views: 609

Answers (2)

Matanoga
Matanoga

Reputation: 101

Element focusing:

You're trying to 'focus' an element, meaning that input goes to that element. to focus, just try this:

txtarea = self.documentElement.findFirst('textarea[name="someTextArea"]')
txtarea.evaluateJavascript('this.focus()')

Setting Attributes vs Properties: The most straightforward way to do this is just set the value of the 'textarea' using JavaScript (instead of setting the attribute directly).

Example:

txtarea = self.documentElement.findFirst('textarea[name="someTextArea"]')
txtarea.evaluateJavaScript('this.value="' + yourText + '";')

Some extra details:

The reason 'setAttribute' didn't work for you: you're trying to change the Attribute called 'value', whereas what you should actually change is the Property 'value'. the difference between the two is explained here.

Upvotes: 1

Mohamed Yousof
Mohamed Yousof

Reputation: 775

for focusing text area element like "facebook group text area" use "txtarea.evaluateJavaScript("this.focus()") instead of "this.click()" this worked for me

Upvotes: 0

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