CODEWITHSUNDEEP
selenium-webdriver
user2036787
user2036787

Reputation: 21

How to type in text box in selenium?

I used sendKeys method, first time when I ran my script it worked but from second time it is not working. Script is finding the element but not entering in text box.

Please suggest if there is any other way to enter text in text box. and why it is not working.

Here is my code: 

System.out.println(driver.findElements(By.xpath("//*[@id='logcomments']")).size()); 
driver.findElement(By.xpath("//*[@id='logcomments']")).sendKeys("Log_Testing"); // textBox 
driver.findElement(By.xpath("//*[@id='postLog']/img")).click(); //enter button

HTML code : 

<div style="position:relative;top:40px;"> 
  <div> 
   <span id="actualcommentCount">1</span> 
   <span> Comments </span> 
 </div> 
  <div> 
   <textarea id="logcomments" type="text" style="resize:none; width:80%;" placeholder="Comments"> </textarea> 
   <span id="postLog"> 
     <img style="cursor:pointer;width:45px;color:#337ab7;float: right;margin-top:-5px; margin-right:10px;font-size:30px;" src="images/poll_fly.png"> 
   </span> 
  </div> 
</div>

Upvotes: 2

Views: 8601

Answers (4)

namal wijekoon
namal wijekoon

Reputation: 101

My suggestion is to try with javaScript executed to add text to the text box.

JavascriptExecutor jsExecutor = (JavascriptExecutor) driver;  
jsExecutor.executeScript("document.getElementById('logcomments').value='Yourvalue is here'");

And also, plz post if there is an exception or error is there. Without that, it is hard to find a solution.

Upvotes: 0

nitish salunkhe
nitish salunkhe

Reputation: 1

If you want to type on keyboard then you need to use robot class as below. But ensure you have already clicked on textbox before you start typing.

typeKeysStringUsingRobotClass("hey123");
}

public void typeKeysStringUsingRobotClass(String text){
  String[] arr = text.split("");
  for(int i=0; i<arr.length; i++)
     keyPressUsingRobotClass(arr[i]);
}

public void keyPressUsingRobotClass(String key){
  Robot rb = new Robot();
  if(key.equalsIgnoreCase("A")){ rb.keyPress(KeyEvent.VK_A); rb.keyRelease(KeyEvent.VK_A);
  if(key.equalsIgnoreCase("B")){ rb.keyPress(KeyEvent.VK_B); rb.keyRelease(KeyEvent.VK_B);
  .
  .
  .
  if(key.equalsIgnoreCase("0")){ rb.keyPress(KeyEvent.VK_0); rb.keyRelease(KeyEvent.VK_0);

}

Upvotes: 0

Saurabh Gaur
Saurabh Gaur

Reputation: 23805

You should try as below :-

WebElement el = driver.findElement(By.id("logcomments"));
el.click();
el.sendKeys("Log_Testing");

driver.findElement(By.xpath("//*[@id='postLog']/img")).click();

Note :- You need to focus on text area before set value so need to use el.click() to focus on text area because when you try to .sendKeys() it goes to set value but due to focus is not on text area it could not be set.

Hope it will help you..:)

Upvotes: 1

Moser
Moser

Reputation: 287

Can you share the HTML of the page?

You could try :-

driver.findElement(By.id("logcomments")).sendKeys("Some Text");

What error are you getting when you run the test?

Upvotes: 1

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