Sending automated text messages from web.skype.com, using Selenium - selenium

Question

I’m trying to send automated text messages from Skype web client, using Selenium.
So far, I was able to authenticate myself and select the required unique recipient. It works fine both programmatically (Java bindings) and using Selenium IDE.
But I was not able to successfully add text to the message box. And without that, Skype does not even shows the send button!
In a recent past, I googled that one could send a message with something like:
input_messages = browser.find_element_by_name('messageInput')
input_messages.send_keys('Testing Output' + Keys.RETURN)
But I guess Microsoft changed the web client as this does not work anymore, namely by not showing the “Send” button unless something is written in the message box:
Using Selenium IDE, it records this set of commands (Skype authentication omitted):
However, running above script, I get what seems to be an overlapped “Test” string on top of original “Type a message”:
It seems obvious to me that Selenium IDE is not placing my “Test” string in the “right” place. And because of that, not even the send button is shown.
Here’s the “edit content” parameters:
Target
css=.notranslate
xpath=//div[2]/div[2]/div/div/div/div/div/div/div/div[2]/div/div/div/div[2]/div/div/div
Value
<div data-contents="true"><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="f244q" data-offset-key="0-0-0"><div data-offset-key="0-0-0" class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr"><span data-offset-key="0-0-0"><span data-text="true">Test</span></span></div></div></div>
And the Chrome Inspect of the message box:
So, any idea what Selenium IDE (or myself…) is doing wrong?...
What is the right locator and how to edit its content (to set my text message), making sure the send button is then shown and clickable (though a Keys.ENTER should then suffice).
Thank you in advance!
Windows 10 - 1903 (64-bit)
Google Chrome 85.0.4183.102 (Official Build) (64-bit)
Selenium IDE 3.17.0
chromedriver_win32-85.0.4183.87
selenium-server-standalone-3.141.59.jar

Answer 1

I have encountered similar problems and tried many methods:
clear the element before sendkeys
sendkeys multiple times in for-loop
I can’t tell which method is effective, so I will give you a code snippet in my real project.
// for the div element
boolean bl = false;
for (int i = 0; i < 3; i++) {
element.clear();
element.sendKeys(text);
if (element.getText().equals(text)) {
bl = true;
break;
}
}