Websdriver - sendKeys command is not typing on Password type field

Question

I am trying to learn selenium webdriver automation but I am finding that the sendKeys command is not typing on Password type fields. I can see that some other people are also experiencing the same problem by googling it, but I haven't seen any correct answer yet. Could anyone please help me here.

Please find below sample code; I generated code from Selenium IDE and its working fine on IDE but not when I use webdriver.

package com.example.tests;

public class Login {
  private WebDriver driver;
  private String baseUrl;
  private boolean acceptNextAlert = true;
  private StringBuffer verificationErrors = new StringBuffer();

  @Before
  public void setUp() throws Exception {
    driver = new FirefoxDriver();
    baseUrl = "http://www.webs.com/";
    driver.manage().timeouts().implicitlyWait(30, TimeUnit.SECONDS);
  }

  @Test
  public void testLogin() throws Exception {
    driver.get(baseUrl + "/");
    driver.findElement(By.cssSelector("span")).click();
    driver.findElement(By.id("FWloginUsername")).clear();
    driver.findElement(By.id("FWloginUsername")).sendKeys("aug2qatestingqa@yahoo.com");
    driver.findElement(By.id("FWloginPassword2")).clear();
    driver.findElement(By.id("FWloginPassword2")).sendKeys("webs");
    driver.findElement(By.id("sign_in_leaf")).click();

  }

What do you mean by "Not working"? Does it throw an error, or simply not type it in? — Nathan Merrill, Aug 02 '13 at 17:54
Sorry, I should have more specific. It simply not type in it. — Anoop Philip, Aug 02 '13 at 17:57
I don't know what is wrong. Are you absolutely sure its not typing it in? It may be running too fast that you cannot see it typing/logging in. I would recommend debugging it and running it command by command. — Nathan Merrill, Aug 02 '13 at 18:01
Your id for the password field is FWloginPassword2 which makes me suspect that perhaps its not looking at the right element? Is therea FWloginPassword element without the 2? — Nathan Dace, Aug 02 '13 at 18:17
Yes there is FWloginPassword and FWloginPassword2 fields. If I use FWloginPassword2 and click on password field then it starts typing on it. So I think webdriver can't identifying the field. — Anoop Philip, Aug 02 '13 at 18:28
@MrTi : org.openqa.selenium.ElementNotVisibleException: Element is not currently visible and so may not be interacted with Command duration or timeout: 30.10 seconds — Anoop Philip, Aug 02 '13 at 18:47
Ah, it found it, but it is not visible. I believe that PocketDews is correct. Try typing in FWloginPassword. If that doesn't work, inspect the element (Chrome: Right-click->inspect element) and try to find a different element to select. — Nathan Merrill, Aug 02 '13 at 18:52
Found a solution but it actually weird. When I click FWloginPassword and then sendkeys command starts typing on FWloginPassword2 field. driver.findElement(By.id("FWloginPassword")).click(); driver.findElement(By.id("FWloginPassword2")).sendKeys("webs"); Thanks MrTi and @PocketDews — Anoop Philip, Aug 02 '13 at 20:05
Hi Anoop Philip: glad to hear that you've found a solution. It's best if you post it as an answer, and then accept that answer; it helps everybody see the solution clearly, and marks the question as answered. — Vince Bowdren, Aug 05 '13 at 08:44

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 06 '13 at 20:13

There were two password fields and one is hidden. Solution is to click on first password [hidden] field to get second password field enabled.

driver.findElement(By.id("FWloginUsername")).sendKeys("aug2qatestingqa@yahoo.com");
driver.findElement(By.id("FWloginPassword")).click();
driver.findElement(By.id("FWloginPassword2")).clear();
driver.findElement(By.id("FWloginPassword2")).sendKeys("webs");

score 0 · Answer 2 · edited Jul 04 '16 at 08:21

I had almost a similar situation for Password field. There were two elements for the same 'Password' field but with different IDs. The JavaScript was toggling "type = password" on run time for a click, clear or any action to this field.

Solution in this case is to find the text with input type = password,

for example:

driver.FindElement(By.CssSelector("input[type='password']")).SendKeys(IWebElement);

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Oct 05 '19 at 12:15

My problem was that I used ActionChains which caused the later fields not being filled when using send_keys method.

The solution was to call actions.reset_actions()

e.g.

actions = ActionChains(driver)
actions.key_down(Keys.LEFT_CONTROL).send_keys("a").perform()
actions.key_down(Keys.LEFT_CONTROL).send_keys("c").perform()
actions.reset_actions()

# now send_keys() method works again

score -3 · Answer 4 · edited Sep 19 '17 at 10:38

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cvvTxtBox().sendKeys("1234"); 
cvvTxtBox().sendKeys(Keys.TAB);

Final Solution on this problem.
Else use Robot

edited Sep 19 '17 at 10:38

Martin Evans

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answered Sep 19 '17 at 10:18

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Websdriver - sendKeys command is not typing on Password type field

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