How to set value in hidden textbox using selenium java

Question

How to set value in hidden textbox using selenium java. It throws the following error, "Element must not be hidden, disabled or read-only...". I tried many methods like using sendkeys, using js excute but nothing works out. Please refer the following code in my script,

Method:1

driver.findElement(By.xpath("editbox")).sendKeys(input);

Method:2

driver.findElement(By.id("editbox")).setAttribute("value", "your value");

Method 3:

WebElement Element = driver.findElement(By.id("editbox"))
js.executeScript("arguments[0].value = arguments[1];", Element, input);

Hi @Andersson, I'm new to selenium. Can you please tell me how to make it visible — Ismail, Mar 10 '18 at 11:59
You can wait for [visibility of element](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/10941184/equivalent-of-waitforvisible-waitforelementpresent-in-selenium-webdriver-tests-u) or [scroll down](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3401343/scroll-element-into-view-with-selenium) to make it visible — Andersson, Mar 10 '18 at 12:10
@Andersson, I tried this. It shows that the object is visible. Click using js is working in that object but there is problem only with 'set' — Ismail, Mar 10 '18 at 12:16
Update the question with the relevant _HTML_ and the exact _Manual Steps_ which you are trying to _Automate_. — undetected Selenium, Mar 10 '18 at 14:23
@DebanjanB I need to set value in an edit box. The edit box HTML structure is,
... — Ismail, Mar 10 '18 at 15:45

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Nov 26 '21 at 04:00

The quick way of doing this is by using js, this is an answer using python with selenium:

    # Test that captcha response field is in the page
    captcha_response = driver.find_element_by_id(LocatorsFirstPage.FORM_CAPTCHA_RESPONSE_ID)


    # Make captcha response visible to input response
    driver.execute_script('var element=document.getElementById("g-recaptcha-response"); element.style.display="";')

    # Set captcha response
    driver.execute_script('document.getElementById("g-recaptcha-response").innerHTML = arguments[0]', result)
    driver.find_element_by_id("g-recaptcha-response").innerHTML=result

    print(captcha_response.get_attribute("value"))

Then you can make it not visible by setting the style to "display: none;" the same way using js.

score -1 · Answer 2 · edited May 16 '18 at 10:13

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Is your invisible element going to be visible at some point or is permanently invisible? If the element is visible after some time, you can wait to it's visibility:

wait.until(ExpectedConditions.visibilityofelement(by.id(...

edited May 16 '18 at 10:13

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How to set value in hidden textbox using selenium java

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