Hi Rasika, Thanks for suggestion. I already tried those. But still I am getting the same error. I doubt it is because of the file-upload-control class in the the parent div.
Thanks. Regards, Megala On Wed, Jun 22, 2016 at 10:48 AM, Rasika Perera <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Megala, > > As [1] says, sending keys to a hidden element is a special use case. > Selenium throws this exception because such that in real scenario user > isn't entering text into hidden inputs as such. Hence "file input" should > be treated as a special case. You may also need to enable a File Detector > if you are uploading to a remote server as in [2]. > > In provided code sample, It has no inline code to set the element hidden. > May be external css/js making it hidden. > > You may need to make the element visible and apply sendKeys(). > > ((JavascriptExecutor) webDriver).executeScript("document.getElementById(' > selected-file').style.display='';"); > //.....apply sendKeys() > ((JavascriptExecutor) webDriver).executeScript("document.getElementById(' > selected-file').style.display='none';"); > > [1] > https://github.com/seleniumhq/selenium-google-code-issue-archive/issues/7625 > [2] https://saucelabs.com/resources/articles/selenium-file-upload > > Thanks, > Rasika > > On Tue, Jun 21, 2016 at 1:51 PM, Megala Uthayakumar <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Hi All, >> >> I am trying to write a UI test case in selenium which requires to send >> the keys to invisible file element in UI. In a normal scenario, user >> selects the file using a file browser and when the user selects a file, the >> selected file will be automatically passed to that file UI element. >> Following is the code fragment that is used for this purpose. In this I >> need to send keys to element with id "selected-file". >> >> <div class="input-group input-wrap file-upload-control"> >> <input type="text" class="form-control" readonly=""> >> <input type="file" class="form-control" accept=".zip" id = >> "selected-file" name="selected-file"> >> <div class="input-group-btn"> >> <button class="btn browse" type="button" title="Browse File"> >> <i class="fw fw-file-browse" aria-hidden="true"></i> >> <span class="hidden-xs"><%= i18n.localize("browse")%></span> >> </button> >> </div> >> <div class="input-group-btn"> >> <button class="btn btn-default btn-primary asset-upload" >> type="button" title="Upload"> >> <i class="fw fw-upload" aria-hidden="true"></i> >> <span class="hidden-xs"><%= i18n.localize("upload")%></span> >> </button> >> </div> >> </div> >> >> Selenium finds this element but it does not allow to send the keys by >> throwing and exception "Element is not currently visible and so may not be >> interacted with". How can I write a test case for this scenario? >> >> Any helps on this is highly appreciated. >> >> Thanks. >> >> Regards, >> >> Megala >> >> Megala Uthayakumar >> >> Software Engineer >> Mobile : 0779967122 >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Dev mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://wso2.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dev >> >> > > > -- > With Regards, > > *Rasika Perera* > Software Engineer > M: +94 71 680 9060 E: [email protected] > LinkedIn: http://lk.linkedin.com/in/rasika90 > > WSO2 Inc. www.wso2.com > lean.enterprise.middleware > -- Megala Uthayakumar Software Engineer Mobile : 0779967122
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