I'm currently using the chrome driver with C# webdriver. one of the problems i'm facing is waiting for "exist" or "visible" is not working in my case because the modal window takes some time to go away. and i'm getting this error:
System.InvalidOperationException: unknown error: Element is not clickable at point (x,x). Other element would receive the click:
reason being that the modal backdrop is still present for a few seconds after I click OK/Cancel, but the element behind the backdrop is visible and clickable to selenium.
so how do i "wait" until the modal backdrop is completely gone before attempting to click something behind it? this is not a native javascript modal. it's a fancy third party modal that slides in and out of view with a transparent "cover" that prevents clicking on anything else when it's open.
You could user the ExpectedConditions API, such as:
var wait = new WebDriverWait(driver, TimeSpan.FromMinutes(1));
var element = wait.Until(ExpectedConditions.ElementIsClickable(By.Id("elementId")));
This will try during 1 minute until the element is clickable and is it does not happen it will throw an exception.
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After close the modal window, how to go back to the previus page?
I need to run a comand, but isn't identify my currente page.
You can use the following solution to go back to the previous page after closing the modal window (works with Coordinates, for example):
IJavaScriptExecutor js = driver as IJavaScriptExecutor;
System.Threading.Thread.Sleep(5000);
js.ExecuteScript("window.scrollBy(0,950)");
I'm trying to select a value from the drop down 'ddl_settpymtaction' but selenium cannot locate it within the modal that resides in.
CSS:
Selenium code
driver.FindElementById("btn_SettlementNew").Click();
var Action = driver.FindElementById("ddl_SettPymtAction");
var SelectElement2 = new SelectElement(Action);
SelectElement2.SelectByValue("EFT");
In selenium you should ALWAYS add some delay when performing async operations (such as a modal which loaded with animations + ajax calls)
Why? To get your page a chance to render itself and let selenium wait for the right time to inspect the page (after being rendered with the required elements)
I was wondering if it is possible to check with C# and selenium web driver if a certain webpage is opened in the default browser?
My idea is to link certain ticketing system's time tracker with toggl.
For instance - on click of the "Time Track" button in the ticketing system, the program to click the toggl start button programmatically, at the same time.
Yes, it's possible.
You can devise a solution that checks the default window's URL or title.
if (driver.Url == 'http://some_url') { /* you are there */ }
or
if (driver.Title == 'Some Title') { /* the window is open and currently there */ }
Now, if you are running a browser manually using your own browser, then expect Selenium to detect that, then i'm sorry, but that is not possible.
In addition to #sircapsalot answer:
This won't be enough since the goal is to
on click of the "Time Track" button in the ticketing system
First you should be sure that the page has been loaded and the IWebElement is clickable. Without going in some advanced usage (like JS validation of the page state), this should do the work just fine:
var wait = new WebDriverWait(_driver, TimeSpan.FromSeconds(15));
var myElement = wait.Until(x => x.FindElement(By.Id("timeTrackBtnId")));
if(myElement.Displayed)
myElement.Click();
Then go for the
program to click the toggl start button programmatically, at the same time
I'm not sure how you'll sync and how page's JS events will handle this simultaneous actions, but you can try with System.Threading. If the page is created by you maybe this second part (click button, click togl) is better to be handled in the JS code.
I'm automating tests for our webapp in Selenium WebDriver for C#. One of our test scenarios identified an issue with clicking the save button multiple times resulting in multiple identical records.
The standard IWebElement.Click() causes Selenium to block until the page is fully loaded. That means by the time our second click comes around to executing, the postback has been performed and we're not on the form page anymore.
Does anyone know a means of 'manually' clicking an element that won't cause Selenium to block?
You could either wait for a predetermined amount of time for the page to load:
driver.Manage().Timeouts().ImplicitlyWait(TimeSpan.FromSeconds(10));
...or to be more dynamic and wait for your button to appear:
var driver = new WebDriver();
var wait = new WebDriverWait(driver, TimeSpan(0, 1, 0));
wait.Until(d => d.FindElement(By.Id("button"));
Source: https://stackoverflow.com/a/7811812/2006048
Selenium also has source code that is similar to the second method: http://selenium.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/dotnet/src/WebDriver.Support/UI/ExpectedConditions.cs
Let me know if it works out for you. I personally use these options with WatiN:
browser.WaitForComplete();
...or:
browser.WaitUntilContainsText("Text");
It's a shame Selenium does not have the first one.
If we use JavaScript to send our click events, Selenium will not be blocked and we can click multiple times. However, because our click triggers a page load, we cannot reference the element directly. Instead, we need to specify the location to click and then fire our click events.
Because our WebApp uses JQuery, I was able to use the code specified here:
How to simulate a click by using x,y coordinates in JavaScript?
So in the end our C# logic looks something like this:
IWebElement element = driver.findElement(By.id("foobar"));
Point point = element.Location;
IJavascriptExecutor jscript = (IJavascriptExecutor)driver;
jscript.executeScript("$(document.elementFromPoint(arguments[0], arguments[0])).click();", point.X, point.Y);
Although this sends the click event I'm not 100% sure that the element receives it; I'll run some experiments and see.
What you need to do is click via javascript. In java this is done like this:
IJavascriptExecutor executor = (JavascriptExecutor)driver;
executor.executeScript("arguments[0].click();", driver.findElement(By.id("gbqfd")));
executor.executeScript("arguments[0].click();", driver.findElement(By.id("gbqfd")));
I actually imagine it is very similar, this will not block selenium and you should be able to chain a few on before the page comes back.
if this newer approach is too slow you might be quicker doing it all in js, e.g.
IJavascriptExecutor executor = (JavascriptExecutor)driver;
executor.executeScript("document.getElementById(id).click();");
executor.executeScript("document.getElementById(id).click();");
I am working on mvc2 and i'm trying to open from javascript in a new window something.
if i only use inside the js function window.open("action/action/"+param) like this
function(){
window.open("action/action/"+param);
}
it works perfectly and the browser does not warn me that it is a new popup that i'm opening.
But if i make an ajax call before the window.open, the browser tells me that is a new popup and if i accept it.
if (json.data && json.data.URL)
{
window.open("action/action/"+param);//opens in a new window only if i accept popups
}
how can i make it work without the browser considering it as popup?
You can't popup a window "randomly" it needs to be right after the user has clicked something or did an action so that the browser doesn't think it's a random ad popup.
The window has to open as a direct result of the user's input. For example, you could open a new window inside a click handler. It's not full proof by any means, but it's one measure the browser can take to try and prevent unwanted popups.