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MichM
MichM

Reputation: 896

selenium size['width'] returns zero for elements

I'm using selenium with python, using a Chrome webdriver to read a static html file on my disk. Some elements behave well when .size['width'] is called upon them, returning the widths with no problem. But multiple of elements, whose css width property is "auto", returns zero when I call e.size['width'] for such an element e. Why? And how can I get the actual width of the elements? They are definitely not zero (as can be seen from the Chrome developer tools' popover tooltips) and e.value_of_css_property("width") returns "auto", which isn't informative.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 1669

Answers (2)

MichM
MichM

Reputation: 896

I found out somehow this is to do with my specifying the option of headless for selenium:

options = webdriver.ChromeOptions()
options.add_argument('headless')

driver = webdriver.Chrome(options=options)

remove the options.add_argument('headless') line, and the sizes, including widths, spring back to life. Anyone knows why this is the case, and is there a way to both remain headless and get non-zero widths from .size['width'] for elements that do have non-zero width?

Upvotes: 1

Mohammad Moallemi
Mohammad Moallemi

Reputation: 658

did you use something like:

driver.set_window_size(1366, 768)

for defining window size? and what is e please post your code so we can help you better

Upvotes: 0

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