Webdriver cannot locate correct xpath for dxheViewArea

Question

The page i am automating has a dxheViewArea. I want to enter some text in this field.

My Webdriver code is:

d.FindElement(By.CssSelector(".dxheDesignViewArea dxheViewArea")).SendKeys("Who invented the first fixed witn aircraft?");

I run it in NUnit, the error returned is Unable to locate element: {"method":"css selector","selector":".dxheDesignViewArea dxheViewArea"}

In Firefox i inspect the element, the code is:

<body class="dxheDesignViewArea dxheViewArea" style="border-width: 0px;" spellcheck="false"/>

What Xpath syntax can i use to locate and enter some text in this element please?

Full source is here:

        <style/>
        <link href="/DXR.axd?r=4_1" type="text/css" rel="stylesheet"/>
        <style charset="utf-8" type="text/css">xxxxxxxx</style>
        <style id="firepath-matching-node-style" type="text/css">.firepath-matching-node      { outline: 2px dashed #00F;}</style>
    </head>
    <body class="dxheDesignViewArea dxheViewArea" style="border-width: 0px;"             spellcheck="false"/>
</html>

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered May 05 '14 at 13:08

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You should qualify both CSS classes as classes. What you did is only the first one. Try this:

d.FindElement(By.CssSelector(".dxheDesignViewArea.dxheViewArea")).SendKeys("Who invented the first fixed witn aircraft?");

answered May 05 '14 at 13:08

Artjom B.

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score 2 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 11:52

I think You should locate the WebElement that contains the specified field:

WebElement container = driver.findElement(By....); // locate the WebElement that contains the input field.... by cssselector or xpath
container.findElement(By.xpath("//*[@class='dxheDesignViewArea dxheViewArea']")).SendKeys("Who invented the first fixed witn aircraft?");

UPDATE: It is not so easy without the complete html code but I found the driver.switchTo() method:

WebElement iframe = driver.findElement(By.xpath("//*[@id='...']")) // locate the iframe
driver.switchTo().frame(iframe);
.... // find elements
driver.switchTo().defaultContent();

References:

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered May 05 '14 at 11:32

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Try this

driver.findElement(By.className("dxheDesignViewArea dxheViewArea")).sendKeys("Who invented the first fixed witn aircraft?");

answered May 05 '14 at 11:32

nitin chawda

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That does not work. I think it's because it is inside a table. I have managed to inspect the element around it and the source looks like this:
– pilot_riaz May 05 '14 at 12:17
There is also another table: – pilot_riaz May 05 '14 at 12:19
This is confusing now hey – pilot_riaz May 05 '14 at 12:20
I updated my answer because of the iframe... I hope it will be useful – Gyorgy.Hegedus May 11 '14 at 20:27

score 0 · Answer 4 · answered May 11 '14 at 15:08

I have been trying the suggestions but still not successful. I have inspected more of the code and notice there is an iFrame. It is because of the iFrame it is not able to locate the element.

Below is the code snippet. What Xpath can i use now to locate class="dxheDesignViewArea dxheViewArea"

<iframe id="ctl00_uxContentPlaceHolderContent_uxQuestionHTMLTextEditor_uxQuestionHTMLTextEditor_editor_DesignIFrame" class="dxheDesignViewArea dxheViewArea" frameborder="0" style="height: 100%; width: 100%; padding: 0px; border-style: none; border-width: 0px;" src="javascript:false" name="ctl00_uxContentPlaceHolderContent_uxQuestionHTMLTextEditor_uxQuestionHTMLTextEditor_editor_DesignIFrame">

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 01 '14 at 14:55

I have finally managed to get it work now. It was in an iFrame. Here is the code i used.

IWebElement iframe = driver.FindElement(By.Id("ctl00_uxContentPlaceHolderContent_uxQuestionHTMLTextEditor_uxQuestionHTMLTextEditor_editor_DesignIFrame"));
        driver.SwitchTo().Frame(iframe);
        driver.FindElement(By.XPath("//body[@class='dxheDesignViewArea dxheViewArea']")).SendKeys("Who invented the first fixed wing aircraft?");
        driver.SwitchTo().DefaultContent();

Webdriver cannot locate correct xpath for dxheViewArea

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