Selenium : Enter the text in div using xpath

Question

In selenium for inputbox, we can enter value like :

WebElement inputBox = driver.findElement(By.xpath(xpath)));
inputBox.sendKeys("abc");

but on 1 webpage, I am having one button after clicking on that get one div in which i have to enter through selenium, I am getting the xpath for that div like

WebElement inputDiv = driver.findElement(By.xpath("//div[contains(@class,'x-grid3-cell-inner')]"));
inputDiv.sendKeys("abc");           //This is not working

using xpath,I am getting the div, But how to enter text in that using it's xpath?

Html after adding the text manually :

<div class="x-grid3-cell-inner">ty</div>

The div in which I have to enter the text is:

<div class="x-grid3-cell-inner" />

You need to provide the full html for that text input. Sometimes you will need to get a handle on the input that is contained by the div. — Nashibukasan, May 21 '14 at 06:55
There is not input box, I have to enter in the div directly. and using sendKeys I am not able to — iRunner, May 21 '14 at 06:57
Can you provide the html you are targeting? It's hard to help with the information provided. — Nashibukasan, May 21 '14 at 06:59

score 4 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 11:51

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You can update the DIV text using JavaScript

JavascriptExecutor js = (JavascriptExecutor) driver;
js.executeScript("document.getElementById('Div_Id').innerHTML="+ DesiredText);

Using XPATH in JavaScript

JavascriptExecutor js = (JavascriptExecutor) driver;
js.executeScript("document.evaluate(xpathExpresion, document, null, 9, null).singleNodeValue.innerHTML="+ DesiredText);

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answered May 21 '14 at 07:13

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Any option by using xpath. I can only xpath for that.As id is auto generated. – iRunner May 21 '14 at 07:17
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Note the XPath JS solution you've got isn't going to work in – Arran May 21 '14 at 08:33
So any other solution for this ? – iRunner May 21 '14 at 09:31
@iRunner Which browser you are using? – Ajinkya May 21 '14 at 09:32
Currently Firefox. but may have to automate using IE. – iRunner May 21 '14 at 09:33
I am using this executor.executeScript("document.evaluate('//div[contains(@class,'x-grid3-cell-inner x-grid3-col-code')]', document, null, 9, null).singleNodeValue.innerHTML="+ "abc"); It is giving me error as Exception in thread "main" org.openqa.selenium.WebDriverException: missing ) after argument list Am i missing something ? – iRunner May 21 '14 at 09:55

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered May 21 '14 at 07:12

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You cannot edit this div using send keys as it has no Input to send to. Instead, try and edit the text field of the div.

answered May 21 '14 at 07:12

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Any suggestions how to do that ? – iRunner May 21 '14 at 07:14

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Aug 11 '20 at 12:38

Sendkeys is used to type in the input field with tag name 'input' You cannot use sendkeys here

Rather you will have to use JavascriptExecutorto do this

JavascriptExecutor js = (JavascriptExecutor) driver;
js.executeScript("document.getElementById('Div_Id').innerHTML="+ DesiredText);

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