Selenium Webdriver无法访问Internet Explorer 8上的Web元素-显示为已禁用

Question

Setup Details: Webdriver 2.39 IEDriverServer 2.39

I'm running Selenium automation on an internal site. The code works fine on Firefox 27 but there's an issue on IE8

I'm trying to first clear and enter text in a text field on IE. This fails on IE with the error "Element must not be hidden, disabled or read-only." I checked the element properties on IE and it does indeed show enabled as False, even though the element is plainly available. On Firefox, enabled is correctly set to True.

I've tried to use Xpath and sendkeys but they don't work. Here what I tried:

driver.FindElement(By.XPath("//input[@name='tagName']")).Clear(); - not working
driver.FindElement(By.XPath("//input[@name='tagName']")).SendKeys(tagName); - not working
driver.FindElement(By.Id("tagName")).SendKeys(Keys.Control); - not working
driver.FindElement(By.Id("tagName")).Clear(); - not working
driver.FindElement(By.Id("tagName")).SendKeys(tagName); - not working

Is there some way I can access this element on IE?

Thanks, J.

Answer 1

We frequently test against IE8 and encounter "unique" Selenium issues.

Sometimes we use ExecuteScript to bypass Selenium's finicky selectors, and use jQuery to return the element or to manipulate it directly:

// Get an element
IWebElement element = (IWebElement) driver.ExecuteScript("return $('#tagName')[0]");

// Clear the value of a field
driver.ExecuteScript("$('input[name=\'tagName\']').val('');");

Answer 2

The best solution was the builder object of Selenium. I used this to force the automation to select the textbox and enter test like so:

IWebElement searchField = Global.driver.FindElement(by);
builder.Click(searchField).SendKeys(searchField, textToEnter).Perform();

This worked! J.

Answer 3

WebElement searchField = Global.driver.FindElement(by);
builder.Click(searchField).SendKeys(searchField, textToEnter).Perform();

****its working but sending wrong text to the field. For ex: i have to send "11-12-2015" and it is sending "28-12-2015". Any Clue what's happening when performing inserting action.****