Unable to locate and edit the value of an input element Selenium - Python

Question

I have the following:

<input data-qa-id="" lion-href-autocomplete="/merchant/assignable-user- 
autocomplete" class="input-medium input-large form-control tt-input" 
type="text" autocomplete="off" value="mercendes" spellcheck="false" 
dir="auto" style="position: relative; vertical-align: top; background-color: 
transparent;">

and I would like to edit the value "mercendes" and change it into something else.

What I tried so far is this:

browser.find_element_by_class_name("input-medium input-large form-control tt-input")

and

browser.find_element_by_css_selector("input.data-qa-id")

but none of them work.

Of course as soon as I grab the element I hope I can do send_keys(). But my problem is that I can not find the element. Thank you

Haven't used python/selenium, but, maybe `find_element_by_class_name` needs ony class, have you tried `find_element_by_class_name('input-medium')` ? — luis.parravicini, Sep 26 '19 at 11:19
Also, I would say `find_element_by_css_selector()` would work if used as `find_element_by_css_selector('input[data-qa-id]=""')` (don't know if that would get the element you need, though) — luis.parravicini, Sep 26 '19 at 11:20

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 26 '19 at 11:19

browser.find_element_by_class_name() only support single class name NOT multiple class name. Use following css selector.

browser.find_element_by_css_selector("input.input-medium.input-large.form-control.tt-input")

If you are looking for more unique css selector try that.

browser.find_element_by_css_selector("input.input-medium.input-large.form-control.tt-input[lion-href-autocomplete*='merchant']")

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 26 '19 at 11:22

You can try finding the element using XPath:

from selenium.webdriver.common.by import By

driver.find_element(By.XPATH, '//button[text()="Some text"]')
driver.find_elements(By.XPATH, '//button')

If you are using chrome, you can follow this question to find XPath of an element.

Unable to locate and edit the value of an input element Selenium - Python

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