Get current value of a webelement in selenium after clicking a button - selenium

I have a web page in which there is an input field containing text "0" (when the page loads). There is a button in the page. When I click it, there is a small function that runs and the text in the aforementioned field changes to "20". But, when I try to get the element value, I still get "0", i.e., the same value before clicking the button.
<input type="text" class="form-control" value="0" data-bind="value: ShippingTotal() == '0' ? '0' : ShippingTotal()" disabled="">
How can I extract the true value from the input field?

It seems that although '20' is entered into the field, the "value" attribute still remains '0'.
Try this:
elem = driver.find_element_by_xpath("[YOUR_PATH_HERE]")
elem.get_attribute("innerHTML")
print(elem)
You could double click the field and copy the value.
from selenium.webdriver.common.action_chains import ActionChains
import pyperclip
elem = driver.find_element_by_xpath("[YOUR_PATH_HERE]")
actions = ActionChains(driver)
actions.double_click(elem).perform()
elem.send_keys(u'\ue009', 'c') # This is CONTROL + C
text = pyperclip.paste()

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Not able to Enter Text in a TextBox using Selenium Webdriver

I have a TextBox that appears on Radio Button Selection and I have to enter values in a particular format(XYZ989898-99). However I am unable to do so by using the commonly used methods of entering text in selenium.
Background info related to Textbox :
TextBox appears when user clicks on Yes radio button.
TextBox has default value as XYZ already entered.
SendKeys do not concatenate the text given without XYZ as well.
TextBox is inside an Iframe to which focus is shifted correctly.
The code does not fail, it just remained clicked on textbox without entering anything.
Approach 1 :
driver.findElement(locator).SendKeys("989898-99");
Approach 2 :
driver.findElement(locator).clear();
driver.findElement(locator).SendKeys("XYZ989898-99");
Approach 3 :
WebElement element = driver.findElement(locator);
Actions action1 = new Actions(driver);
action1.movetoElement(element).click().perform();
action1.sendKeys("XYZ989898-99");
HTML Sample :
<div class="value" ng-show="selectedValue" style="">
<label class="labelAboveTextBox">XYZ Number*</label>
<input type="text" class="Value" ng-model="XYZNumber" ng-
req="XYZNumber" xyz-input="" maxlength="12" style="value"
id="value" value="XYZ" required="required">
<!-- ngIf: invalidtspmessage -->
<span style="font-family: 'NeueHaasGroteskText';font-size:
0.7rem;color: black;">
Note: Enter XYZ is this format: XXXXXXXXX-XX
</span>
</div>
I would like to know If there is any other approach that can be used to get this problem resolved and also why does the above approaches failed to work.
You have used the wrong methods for sending the keys. (in approach 1 and 2)
Instead of .SendKeys(), you have to use .sendKeys() method for writing anything on UI side
Into the third approach, you have used the wrong method .movetoElement(). The method name is .moveToElement().
For sendKeys() don't need to use Actions class. basically, it is for Keyboard events and for mouse events.
(WebElement).sendKeys("989898-99"); // first approach you can use
(WebElement).clear(); // second approach you can use
(WebElement).sendKeys("XYZ989898-99");
Hope this will help you to solve your errors.
Other way you can use is to set the text is by using the JavaScriptExecutor. Give some delay before performing the action.
Try the below sample code :
Thread.sleep(3000);
((JavascriptExecutor) driver).executeScript("document.getElementById('value').value='XYZ989898-99';");
As the id is unique, you can use the JavaScript's getElementById() function to set the value.
If you want to set the text through the sendKeys() method and before that if you want to clear the text then simple clear() may not work instead you can try to delete the XYZ values first and try to send the values like below again :
// Wait for some time
Thread.sleep(3000);
// Locate the element first and store it in some variable
WebElement element = driver.findElement(By.id("value"));
// Fetch the existing text from the field first
String existingValue = element.getAttribute("value");
// Wait for some time
Thread.sleep(3000);
// Click on that element first so the focus will shift to there
element.click();
// Wait for some time
Thread.sleep(2000);
// Loop until the existing value length
for(int i=0;i<existingValue.length();i++) {
// Remove the existing character text one by one
element.sendKeys(Keys.BACK_SPACE);
}
// Try to send the text at the end, make sure that you should append XYZ as a prefix
element.sendKeys("XYZ989898-99");
I hope it helps...

Unable to retrieve text selenium

Script:
List<WebElement> addCheck=driver.findElements(By.name("ticketLess"));
for(WebElement checkbox : addCheck ){
System.out.println(checkbox.getAttribute("Text"));
}
HTML:
<input type="checkbox" name="ticketLess" value="checkbox">
<font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">
Same as Billing Address </font>
The text i am trying to get is Same as Billing Address. I tried using getText() also but its not returning nothing.
List<WebElement> addCheck = driver.findElements(By.xpath(".//input[#name='ticketLess']/following-sibling::font"));
for(WebElement checkbox : addCheck ){
System.out.println(checkbox.getText());
}
The selector used above selects next sibling of input, that is <font>. You need to get the font element to retrieve the text you want.
Actually you're getting wrong attribute name on wrong element to getting text. input element doesn't contain inner text.
You need to locate font element because text is present inside font element and use .getText() to getting this text as below :-
List<WebElement> addCheck = driver.findElements(By.cssSelector("input[name = 'ticketLess'] + font"));
for(WebElement checkbox : addCheck ){
System.out.println(checkbox.getText());
}
Note :- If there are multiple checkboxes with the same locator and you want to get all text of these checkboxes font then you should use above code, otherwise if you can get text only this single checkbox font using findElement instead as below:-
WebElement checkbox = driver.findElement(By.cssSelector("input[name = 'ticketLess'] + font"));
System.out.println(checkbox.getText());

WebDriver SendKeys Doesn't Send Value

I am trying to run selenium webdriver, imitating typing something to textbox and submit it.
I have this following code:
WebElement element = null;
element = waitForElementPresent(tFByCssSelector,timeoutValue);
element.clear();
element.click();
element.sendKeys("Input String");
The code successfully type "Input String" to the textField, but when I submit the form, it says the form is empty (The form had been set to catch empty input exception).
I wonder why sendKeys does not set the value of the text field even though it has typed the wanted value into the text field.
Try to tab out of the field:
element.sendKeys("Input String");
element.sendKeys(Keys.TAB);
It may be that the field value only gets set on blur.
As I see, all looks okay in your selenium code. I believe there is some problem with your HTML form.
The form should have proper action for receiving the values. A sample form is provided below.
<form action="http://foo.com" method="post">
<input name="say" value="Hi">
<input name="to" value="Mom">
<button>Send my greetings</button>
</form>
Based on what you use in method parameter, you will get the form data in POST or GET variables.
Also you don't need to click on the element before sending keys in Selenium.

Issue selecting Radio button in Selenium Webdriver

<table id="Content_Content_Content_ctlCaseInfo_rdochldplcm" class="fltLeft">
<tr>
<td><input type="radio" id="Content_Content_Content_ctlCaseInfo_rdochldplcm_0" name="ctl00$ctl00$ctl00$Content$Content$Content$ctlCaseInfo$rdochldplcm" value="0" /><label for="Content_Content_Content_ctlCaseInfo_rdochldplcm_0">No</label></td><td><input type="radio" id="Content_Content_Content_ctlCaseInfo_rdochldplcm_1" name="ctl00$ctl00$ctl00$Content$Content$Content$ctlCaseInfo$rdochldplcm" value="1" /><label for="Content_Content_Content_ctlCaseInfo_rdochldplcm_1">Yes</label></td>
</tr>
</table>
When I try
driver.FindElement(By.Id("Content_Content_Content_ctlCaseInfo_rdochldplcm")).Click();
it clicks to "Yes"
When I try driver.FindElement(By.Id("Content_Content_Content_ctlCaseInfo_rdochldplcm_0")).Click();
OR
driver.FindElement(By.Id("Content_Content_Content_ctlCaseInfo_rdochldplcm_1")).Click();
Nothing happens and no radio button gets selected.
Please suggest ways to handle this situation ..thanks a lot!!
It would probably be better to click the Radio buttons through XPath.
In your specific case, the XPath for:
Yes - Radio Button:
"//input[contains(#id, 'rdochldplcm') and contains(#value, 1)]"
No - Radio Button:
"//input[contains(#id, 'rdochldplcm') and contains(#value, 0)]"
In this instance, if you wanted to click the 'Yes' Radio button, you can do this:
string yesRadioButtonXPath = "//input[contains(#id, 'rdochldplcm') and contains(#value, 1)]"
IWebElement yesRadioButton = driver.FindElement(By.XPath(yesRadioButtonXPath));
yesRadioButton.Click();
For the 'No' Radio button, you would use this:
string noRadioButtonXPath = "//input[contains(#id, 'rdochldplcm') and contains(#value, 0)]"
IWebElement noRadioButton = driver.FindElement(By.XPath(noRadioButtonXPath));
yesRadioButton.Click();
Since you're using a table, there may be a chance that the XPath may return more than one element. You'd need to use a different method to sort out the elements in that case, but for what you're looking for, this method should work.
this solved my problem perfeclty
I have a page with 18 radio buttons in 6 groups which represented "Yes" "No" and "No Answer"
I was trying to get them by ID but it was randomized by the app
But using a name and value tags made it work.
radios were defined basically like this:
input value="2" class=" x-form-radio x-form-field" autocomplete="off" id="randID_13578" name="emailNotifiyOptionAllow" type="radio">
and every time i opened this page id was different so using
"//input[contains(#name, 'emailNotifyOptionAllow') and contains(#value, 1)]"
solved it.
Thanx
Use this :
//First get the list of values from the radio button
List < WebElement > elements = driver.findElements(By.cssSelector("table[id='Content_Content_Content_ctlCaseInfo_rdochldplcm'] > td"));
WebElement value;
//use loop for searching the particular element
for(WebElement element : elements){
//Getting the value of the element
value = element.findElement(By.cssSelector("label")).getText();
//condition to click on the element
if(value.trim().equals("No")){ //Here value is hard coded. You can take from excel sheet also
// If condition satisfies, it will click on the element
element.findElement(By.cssSelector("input").click();
}
}
This can be used as a common function also.
try [0] and [1] instead of the underscore.
Try your code with the given below CSS :
Step 1:
By Provided HTML Piece we can derive the CSS of the Radio Button
css=#Content_Content_Content_ctlCaseInfo_rdochldplcm input
Step 2:
Click on the radio button using Web Driver Code
driver.findElement
(By.cssSelector("#Content_Content_Content_ctlCaseInfo_rdochldplcm input"))
.click();

How should I approach the html placeholder attribute scenario automation with webdriver

Hi I need to automate a sceanrio where a text input field is there, where a text -
"type here" is displayed.
<input class="textbox" type="text" value="" placeholder="type here" name="q">
I need to verify
1) Text is displayed - "type here"
2) When focus is moved to this text field, the text input field does not display -
"type here"
You can test whether the browser supports the placeholder attribute for <input> elements via a simple JavaScript. This is an indirect test, but as far as I know, you can't test for the placeholder text via Selenium. But it should be absolutely sufficient:
function supportsInputPlaceholder() {
var input = document.createElement('input');
return 'placeholder' in input;
}
(taken from http://diveinto.html5doctor.com/detect.html#input-placeholder)
Therefore:
// only if your driver supports JS
JavascriptExecutor js = (JavascriptExecutor)driver;
String placeholderTest = "return 'placeholder' in document.createElement('input')";
assertTrue(js.executeScript(placeholderTest));