Unable to enter text in textfield in Selenium java

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Below is the relevant snippet of HTML code :

         </td>                                   
         <td valign=top bgcolor="#dcdcdc" class="camp">
          <script>Oblog()</script>ID <br>


        <input type="text" name="idClnt" size="14" maxlength="11" value='' class="cat" onchange="Camp(this);resetPreScore();" onKeyPress="if (event.keyCode == 13){EnterData();}">

I used the below line of code to enter data

driver.findElement(By.name("idClnt")).sendKeys("10000057W");

I am unable to enter data in the text field . It gives the below error :

"Exception in thread "main" org.openqa.selenium.ElementNotVisibleException: Element is not displayed (WARNING: The server did not provide any stacktrace information) "

But the element does not seem to be invisible and i am able to locate the element by using below code :

      List<WebElement> ele = driver.findElements(By.name("idClnt"));

             System.out.println(ele);

It gives the output :

 [[[InternetExplorerDriver: internet explorer on WINDOWS (f319ec27-9201-4536-80a1-fe89689ebe83)] -> name: idClnt], [[InternetExplorerDriver: internet explorer on WINDOWS (f319ec27-9201-4536-80a1-fe89689ebe83)] -> name: idClnt], [[InternetExplorerDriver: internet explorer on WINDOWS (f319ec27-9201-4536-80a1-fe89689ebe83)] -> name: idClnt]]

Kindly suggest how would i be able to enter data in the text field

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Dec 21 '15 at 15:43

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Why don't you use something like?

driver.findElement(By.name("idClnt")).sendKeys("whatever you want to type");

Why are you using list here, if you just want to type data in the input box?

answered Dec 21 '15 at 15:43

Paras

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score 0 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 11:44

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1) In order to check visibility of element you should use isDisplayed method:

WebElement el = driver.findElement(By.cssSelector("input[class=cat]"));  
System.out.println(el.isDisplayed());

2) Enter text:

WebElement el = driver.findElement(By.cssSelector("input[class=cat]"));
el.sendKeys("SO the best!");

3) If you want to set the value for hidden input try following (in more details https://stackoverflow.com/a/16327185/2517622):

JavascriptExecutor js = (JavascriptExecutor) driver;
WebElement el = driver.findElement(By.cssSelector("input[class=cat]"));
js.executeScript("arguments[0].value = arguments[1];", el, "SO the best!");

edited May 23 '17 at 11:44

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answered Dec 21 '15 at 15:57

drets

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Thanks for the reply !! I used the isDisplayed method and it throws the result as false implying that element is invisible . So i would be needing a way to enter data in hidden field ? – Vinay Dec 21 '15 at 16:11
Thanks for the response !! But it does not seem to work also the program just terminates without any error . I tried one of the methods given in (http://stackoverflow.com/questions/11858366/how-to-type-some-text-in-hidden-field-in-selenium-webdriver-using-java?rq=1) . Using that method gives me an error "Element must not be hidden, disabled or read-only" . – Vinay Dec 22 '15 at 11:09

Unable to enter text in textfield in Selenium java

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