How to prevent error: element is not currently intractable and may not be manipulated?

Question

Using C# I was trying to replace a value from input box like this

        for (int second = 0; ; second++)
        {
            if (second >= 60) Assert.Fail("timeout");
            if (second > 15) break;

         Thread.Sleep(1000);
      }

        driver.FindElement(By.Id("input1")).Clear();
        driver.FindElement(By.Id("input1")).SendKeys(xxxx");

but I get error "element is not currently intractable and may not be manipulated" on the clear() line , why is that although I wait until page load ?

HTML

<input class="valid" id="input1" name="input1" value="http://dddd" nametemplate="url_to_5D" type="text">

Is it interactable when you use only SendKeys without Clear()? And just one note, you are not waiting for page to be loaded, you are just waiting 15 seconds no matter if page is loaded or not. — acikojevic, Jan 15 '17 at 22:10
@acikojevic if I comment clear() in sendkeys line I get element is not visible. I tried to use solutions from http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6992993 but it never wait it execute instantly — zac, Jan 15 '17 at 22:26
part of my problem is using FireFox when I switched to Chrome all unexpected results was solved — zac, Jan 18 '17 at 15:30

Grzegorz Górkiewicz · Accepted Answer · 2017-01-18T00:22:21.767

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You may try to wait for it:

WebDriverWait wait = new WebDriverWait(driver, TimeSpan.FromSeconds(10));
IWebElement element = wait.Until(ExpectedConditions.ElementExists(By.Id("input1")));

and then:

element.Clear();
element.SendKeys("xxxx");

To make your driver wait before any action simply:

driver.Manage().Timeouts().ImplicitlyWait(TimeSpan.FromSeconds(10));

If you use the above code, you can remove all the Thread.Sleep(1000) actions.

edited Jan 18 '17 at 00:22

answered Jan 17 '17 at 22:00

Grzegorz Górkiewicz

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I tried that but browser never wait. before these lines I click on a link that open new tab , is there something I should do to make the wait and the element execute on the new opened tab ? – zac Jan 17 '17 at 23:11
What do you mean by "never wait"? – Grzegorz Górkiewicz Jan 17 '17 at 23:15
execution does not stop at the wait line and I get the error immediately at the clear() line. "input1" is located on the new opened tab. – zac Jan 17 '17 at 23:18
Maybe try `ElementToBeVisible` as this is an input field. I have edited the answer ;) – Grzegorz Górkiewicz Jan 17 '17 at 23:20
Another idea would be the `WindowHandles` as you have multiple tabs. Have a look at [this](http://stackoverflow.com/a/16816780/4280359). – Grzegorz Górkiewicz Jan 17 '17 at 23:24
tried now to switch to new tab like this: `driver.SwitchTo().Window(driver.WindowHandles[1]);` but I get this error: Index was out of range. Must be non-negative and less than the size of the collection. – zac Jan 17 '17 at 23:31
I switched tabs now but any reason why `new WebDriverWait` does not pause execution ? the next line in visual studio execute immediately !! – zac Jan 17 '17 at 23:54
Because it is not the constructor call that stops it. Only in the next line `wait.Until` is called. – Grzegorz Górkiewicz Jan 17 '17 at 23:55
Thanks alot Grzegorz Górkiewicz I am almost there. Can you please tell a way to wait for number of seconds regardless of element is visible or not ? – zac Jan 17 '17 at 23:59
Read up on [implicit waits](http://www.seleniumhq.org/docs/04_webdriver_advanced.jsp) and you will know it all ;) Click on csharp to display code samples. – Grzegorz Górkiewicz Jan 18 '17 at 00:00
thanks I get now ExpectedConditions' does not contain a definition for 'ElementToBeVisible' why is that ? – zac Jan 18 '17 at 00:03
It should be `ElementExists` instead. – Grzegorz Górkiewicz Jan 18 '17 at 00:06
still does not wait until page load , why is that ? – zac Jan 18 '17 at 00:18
see screenshot http://imgur.com/a/MKsfQ why WebDriverWait does not wait ? – zac Jan 18 '17 at 00:28
`Manage` does not wait either !! please advise – zac Jan 18 '17 at 00:31
My theory would be that this element is disabled and JavaScript is needed to enable it. Not a waiting issue anymore. – Grzegorz Górkiewicz Jan 18 '17 at 00:35
I was able to make clear() work by adding `WebDriverWait` before `driver.SwitchTo()` and another one after it !!! – zac Jan 18 '17 at 00:41
So probably the site in another tab did not load properly. Waits are almost always a good idea. – Grzegorz Górkiewicz Jan 18 '17 at 00:42
Thanks for your patience Grzegorz Górkiewicz, bounty will be released after 22 hours ! plz keep your eye on selenium tag I am sure I will create other questions. – zac Jan 18 '17 at 00:43
See you soon #selenium. – Grzegorz Górkiewicz Jan 18 '17 at 00:44

How to prevent error: element is not currently intractable and may not be manipulated?

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