Robot framework: How to locate a input text field and how to input a value in it

Question

My HTML is like this:

<input type="text" placeholder="Search for extensions" class="user-input" style="width: 370px;">

if I try to get the Xpath of the html path I get below Input Text path but I am also not been able to input any text and get below error

Element with locator 'xpath://*[@id="extensions-container"]/div/div[3]/div2/div2/div/div2/form/span2/input' not found.

Click Element    name:extensions
Input Text       xpath://*[@id="extensions-container"]/div/div[3]/div[1]/div[1]/div/div[1]/form/span[1]/input    cli

I have attached the picture , there is no iframe. Also I would happy to use just class but what is the full keyword for this? — vgdub, Sep 27 '20 at 11:28
You could also grab the css selector off the page off the developer tools. //input[class='user-input'] — Arundeep Chohan, Sep 27 '20 at 11:32
I did tried to use that but I got this error. *Element with locator 'css:input.user-input' not found*. — vgdub, Sep 27 '20 at 11:36

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 27 '20 at 20:23

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This should work:

Input Text    css:input[placeholder="Search for extensions"]    cli

answered Sep 27 '20 at 20:23

Philip Seyfi

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 27 '20 at 16:16

1

Try with this locator:

//input[@placeholder="Search for extensions"]

answered Sep 27 '20 at 16:16

Todor Minakov

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