How to click text area in Qwebview and python

Question

I am using QWebView with python to create an automate application and I could select Qwebelements by tags and id, also it's easy to click buttons but I can't do the following - click elements with tag "Textarea" to prepare them to insert data - send keys to textrea elements

the code example for what I can do to fill a form is below but it doesn't work for textarea elements

page = webview.page().mainFrame()
doc = page.documentElement()
username = doc.findFirst("input[id=email]")
username.setAttribute('value', "user@user.com")
password = doc.findfirst("input[id=pass]")
bt.evaluateJavaScript('this.click()')

#this one after getting button element as above ones

score 1 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:06

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Element focusing:

You're trying to 'focus' an element, meaning that input goes to that element. to focus, just try this:

txtarea = self.documentElement.findFirst('textarea[name="someTextArea"]')
txtarea.evaluateJavascript('this.focus()')

Setting Attributes vs Properties: The most straightforward way to do this is just set the value of the 'textarea' using JavaScript (instead of setting the attribute directly).

Example:

txtarea = self.documentElement.findFirst('textarea[name="someTextArea"]')
txtarea.evaluateJavaScript('this.value="' + yourText + '";')

Some extra details:

The reason 'setAttribute' didn't work for you: you're trying to change the Attribute called 'value', whereas what you should actually change is the Property 'value'. the difference between the two is explained here.

edited May 23 '17 at 12:06

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answered Sep 08 '14 at 13:16

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Thanks for your reply, but setattribute is working for me , what i am asking about is : when i get the element is to click it , for example the text area in facebook group i can find it but got error when trying to click it so it opened and the button "Post" appears – Mohamed Yousof Sep 08 '14 at 15:23
Oh, I think what you're trying to do is "focus" the element then. I'll edit my answer. – Matanoga Sep 09 '14 at 07:56

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 08 '14 at 17:04

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for focusing text area element like "facebook group text area" use "txtarea.evaluateJavaScript("this.focus()") instead of "this.click()" this worked for me

answered Sep 08 '14 at 17:04

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How to click text area in Qwebview and python

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