C# Selenium SendKeys() to element within iFrame

Question

I am trying to send keys to an element within an iFrame. but it does not seem to be inputting any characters into the input.

IWebElement email = driver.FindElement(By.Name("email"));
email.SendKeys("someemail@input.com");

Answer 1

How about pasting to the element:

IWebElement email = driver.FindElement(By.Name("email"));
//email.SendKeys("someemail@input.com");
Clipboard.SetText("someemail@input.com");
email.textbox.SendKeys(OpenQA.Selenium.Keys.LeftShift + OpenQA.Selenium.Keys.Insert);

Answer 2

you should go to the iframe firstly before you send_keys to input

view the document https://www.selenium.dev/documentation/webdriver/interactions/frames/

driver.switch_to.frame("passport_iframe")

or

# switching to second iframe based on index
iframe = driver.find_elements(By.TAG_NAME,'iframe')[1]

# switch to selected iframe
driver.switch_to.frame(iframe)

after you finish send_keys and want to leave the iframe, you should using this line

# switch back to default content
driver.switch_to.default_content()

Answer 3

Incase the element is with an iFrame so you have to:

• Induce WebDriverWait for the desired FrameToBeAvailableAndSwitchToIt.

• Induce WebDriverWait for the desired ElementToBeClickable().

• You can use either of the following Locator Strategies:

  • Using Name:

    new WebDriverWait(driver, TimeSpan.FromSeconds(20)).Until(ExpectedConditions.FrameToBeAvailableAndSwitchToIt(By.TagName("iframe"));
    new WebDriverWait(driver, TimeSpan.FromSeconds(20)).Until(ExpectedConditions.ElementToBeClickable(By.Name("email"))).SendKeys("alexg1380@stackoverflow.com");
    

  • Using CssSelector:

    new WebDriverWait(driver, TimeSpan.FromSeconds(20)).Until(ExpectedConditions.FrameToBeAvailableAndSwitchToIt(By.CssSelector("iframe[frameAttribute='frameAttributeValue']"));
    new WebDriverWait(driver, TimeSpan.FromSeconds(20)).Until(ExpectedConditions.ElementToBeClickable(By.CssSelector("[name='email'"))).SendKeys("alexg1380@stackoverflow.com");
    

  • Using XPath:

    new WebDriverWait(driver, TimeSpan.FromSeconds(20)).Until(ExpectedConditions.FrameToBeAvailableAndSwitchToIt(By.XPath("//iframe[@frameAttribute='frameAttributeValue']"));
    new WebDriverWait(driver, TimeSpan.FromSeconds(20)).Until(ExpectedConditions.ElementToBeClickable(By.XPath("//*[@name='email']"))).SendKeys("alexg1380@stackoverflow.com");
    

PS: In the above examples, frameAttribute and frameAttributeValue are placeholders.