Selenium WebDriver C#: Exception thrown finding text input element

Question

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I'm using XPath in the Chrome Driver to Find the Text Area. Here is my code line.

ele = driver.FindElement(By.XPath("//div[@aria-autocomplete='list']"));

The Chrome Driver throws an NoSuchElementException. How can I get this element so I can send text to it?

Answer 1

To find the text input WebElement you have to induce WebDriverWait for the desired ElementToBeClickable() and you can use either of the following Locator Strategies :

• CssSelector :

   IWebElement element = new WebDriverWait(driver, TimeSpan.FromSeconds(20)).Until(ExpectedConditions.ElementToBeClickable(By.CssSelector("div[aria-autocomplete='list'][aria-describedby^='placeholder'][aria-label='Write a post...']")));

• XPath :

   IWebElement element = new WebDriverWait(driver, TimeSpan.FromSeconds(20)).Until(ExpectedConditions.ElementToBeClickable(By.XPath("//div[@aria-autocomplete='list' and starts-with(@aria-describedby, 'placeholder')][@aria-label='Write a post...']")));