InvalidElementStateException invalid element state: Element must be user-editable in order to clear it" error while sending text with Selenium Python

Question

I have an input HTML element like this in Django

<input id="id" type="number" maxlength="50">

When I want to find and clear it

elm_input = self.wait.until(EC.presence_of_element_located((By.ID, elm_id)))
elm_input.clear()
elm_input.send_keys(value)

It's got error InvalidElementStateException

InvalidElementStateException invalid element state: Element must be user-editable in order to clear it"

We cannot send key clear because selenium know CLEAR or DELETE Keys is an Charactics Keys not an Number Keys, It's don't send Keys to element input. So how can I we fix it, I had try ActionChains but It's not working with as well

I am sure the `elm_input` that you got is not an input type field. Check the ID, if it's pointing to the input element. — supputuri, Jan 03 '20 at 02:43
It's absolutely correct, because If I remove line `elm_input.clear()` I will work well, But I want to clear value of the input — Minh-Thanh Hoang, Jan 03 '20 at 02:48
Yes, I had try click but in some case, All of my input not get correct element location. And It's also get error So I remove line click — Minh-Thanh Hoang, Jan 03 '20 at 02:54
Meaning you are not pointing to the right input field. It's hard to provide reason, without having either the url to the page or the source code. — supputuri, Jan 03 '20 at 02:56
No, this error show that this input is just allowed for typing number, Not for charactics. I think so :D — Minh-Thanh Hoang, Jan 03 '20 at 07:51

undetected Selenium · Accepted Answer · 2020-01-07T12:47:35.490

This error message...

InvalidElementStateException invalid element state: Element must be user-editable in order to clear it"

...implies that the WebDriver instance was unable to clear the existing contents of the element.

A bit more of the outerHTML of the element would have helped us to analyze the issue in a better way. However you need to take care of a couple of things as follows:

While sending a character sequence instead of using presence_of_element_located() you have to induce WebDriverWait for the element_to_be_clickable().

Ensure the Locator Strategy uniquely identifies the WebElement and you can use either of the following Locator Strategies:

Using CSS_SELECTOR:

elm_input = WebDriverWait(driver, 20).until(EC.element_to_be_clickable((By.CSS_SELECTOR, "input#id[type='number'][maxlength='50']")))
elm_input.clear()
elm_input.send_keys("1234567890")

Using XPATH:

elm_input = WebDriverWait(driver, 20).until(EC.element_to_be_clickable((By.XPATH, "//input[@id='id' and @type='number'][@maxlength='50']")))
elm_input.clear()
elm_input.send_keys("1234567890")

Note : You have to add the following imports :

from selenium.webdriver.support.ui import WebDriverWait
from selenium.webdriver.common.by import By
from selenium.webdriver.support import expected_conditions as EC

Reference

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