Send keys not working in selenium with python

Question

send keys are not working in selenium with python. This was working earlier but it fails now. I don't know what may be the issue . It gives following error :

u"Element is disabled and so may not be used
for actions\nCommand duration or timeout: 11             
milliseconds\nBuild info: version: '2.15.0', revision: '15105', time:
'2011-12-08   09:56:25'\nSystem info: os.name: 'Windows 7', os.arch:
'amd64', os.version: '6.1',    java.version: '1.6.0_22'

I have used below along with time.sleep(3) before passing keys

elem.send_keys('selenium')   
elem.send_keys(Keys.RETURN)

Also

elem.send_keys("Sale" + Keys.RETURN)

But nothing works

Fix formatting and grammar, why is everything a block quote? — machine yearning
– machine yearning, Commented Apr 4, 2012 at 8:43

0xc0de · Accepted Answer · 2012-04-04 09:10:01Z

1

As the error says, the element is disabled and hence you(a user using a browser, selenium tries to mimic such a user) can not interact with that element.

answered Apr 4, 2012 at 9:10

0xc0de

8,3575 gold badges52 silver badges78 bronze badges

Sign up to request clarification or add additional context in comments.

Comments

pb2q · Accepted Answer · 2012-10-18 17:59:49Z

1

I noticed this also. find_element_by_* returns a list. A quick fix is to use the first element, i.e. elem[0].send_keys(text).

edited Oct 18, 2012 at 17:59

pb2q

59.9k19 gold badges150 silver badges152 bronze badges

answered Oct 18, 2012 at 17:56

Jesse Costales

111 bronze badge

Collectives™ on Stack Overflow

Send keys not working in selenium with python

2 Answers 2

Comments

Comments

Your Answer

Linked

Hot Network Questions

Collectives™ on Stack Overflow

2 Answers 2

Comments

Comments

Your Answer

Sign up or log in

Post as a guest

Linked

Related