How Selenium works(input exceptions/1:Summary)

2020-07-262020-07-29

Test page

Test page

The header/footer is sticky. Those are scroll follow type.

Check items

1. Zoom out to 90% in each browser
2. Hidden element
3. Another element hides the element
   1. Modal dialog
   2. Modeless dialog
   3. Header/Footer

Operating procedure

1. Google Chrome
2. Firefox
3. Microsoft Edge
4. Internet Explorer

Execution result

1.Zoom

• send_keys() and select : OK
• click() : OK in only Firefox. No response in Chrome, Edge and IE.
• Those have the same results in Chrome, Edge and IE.

Control	Element	Operate	chr	Fx	Edge	IE	Note
Button	submit	click	NG	OK	NG	NG
	button	click	NG	OK	NG	NG
	image	click	NG	OK	NG	NG
Link	normal	click	NG	OK	NG	NG
	img	click	NG	OK	NG	NG
	css	click	NG	OK	NG	NG
Text	textbox	send_key	OK	OK	OK	OK
	password	send_key	OK	OK	OK	OK
	textarea	send_key	OK	OK	OK	OK
Select	select	select	OK	OK	OK	OK
Radio	radio	click	NG	OK	NG	NG
	label	click	NG	OK	NG	NG
CheckBox	checkbox	click	NG	OK	NG	NG
	label	click	NG	OK	NG	NG

NG: No response

2.Hidden element

An exception occurs by clicking the element which status is “is_displayed=False" as in elements status.

Control	Ope	chr	Fx	Edge	IE	Note
pull-down-menu	click	Ex	Ex	Ex	Ex	is_displayed()=False

3-1.Modal dialog (Alert dialog)

• There are two types of dialogs in Firefox and IE on Windows10.
  • One is normal
  • The other has a checkbox and the following message.
    “Don’t let this page create more messages"
• IE
  • The dialog which has a checkbox : OK
    The “click()" method closes the dialog, and raises click event.
  • Normal dialog
    An exception occurs
• Chrome / Firefox / Edge
  • An exception occurs

Chrom / Firefox / Ege

Control	Element	Operate	chr	Fx	Edge	Note
Button	submit	click	Ex	Ex	Ex
	button	click	Ex	Ex	Ex
	image	click	Ex	Ex	Ex
Link	normal	click	Ex	Ex	Ex
	img	click	Ex	Ex	Ex
	css	click	Ex	Ex	Ex
Text	textbox	send_key	Ex	Ex	Ex
	password	send_key	Ex	Ex	Ex
	textarea	send_key	Ex	Ex	Ex
Select	select	select	Ex	Ex	Ex
Radio	radio	click	Ex	Ex	Ex
	label	click	Ex	Ex	Ex
CheckBox	checkbox	click	Ex	Ex	Ex
	label	click	Ex	Ex	Ex

Cannot get the element with “find_element" method.

IE

Control	Element	Operate	Normal	Check	Note
Button	submit	click	Ex	OK
	button	click	Ex	OK
	image	click	Ex	OK
Link	normal	click	Ex	OK
	img	click	Ex	OK
	css	click	Ex	OK
Text	textbox	send_key	Ex	OK
	password	send_key	Ex	OK
	textarea	send_key	Ex	OK
Select	select	select	Ex	OK
Radio	radio	click	Ex	OK
	label	click	Ex	OK
CheckBox	checkbox	click	Ex	OK
	label	click	Ex	OK

Normal: Cannot get the element.
Check: Operable even if the dialog hides the element.

3-2.Modeless dialog

• If the dialog hides the element:
  • click(): An exception occurs
  • send_key(): OK
  • select: OK in Chrome, Edge and IE. An exception occurs in Firefox,
• If the element is visible: OK
• Those have the same results in Chrome, Edge and IE.

Control	Element	Ope	chr	Fx	Edge	IE	Note
Button	submit	click	Ex*	Ex*	Ex*	Ex*	* The dialog hides the element:Exception The element is visible:OK
	button	click	Ex*	Ex*	Ex*	Ex*
	image	click	Ex*	Ex*	Ex*	Ex*
Link	normal	click	Ex*	Ex*	Ex*	Ex*
	img	click	Ex*	Ex*	Ex*	Ex*
	css	click	Ex*	Ex*	Ex*	Ex*
Text	textbox	send_key	OK	OK	OK	OK
	password	send_key	OK	OK	OK	OK
	textarea	send_key	OK	OK	OK	OK
Select	select	select	OK	Ex*	OK	OK
Radio	radio	click	Ex*	Ex*	Ex*	Ex*
	label	click	Ex*	Ex*	Ex*	Ex*
CheckBox	checkbox	click	Ex*	Ex*	Ex*	Ex*
	label	click	Ex*	Ex*	Ex*	Ex*

3-3.Header/Footer

Those have the same results in the case of modeless dialog.

Control	Element	Ope	chr	Fx	Edge	IE	Note
Button	submit	click	Ex*	Ex*	Ex*	Ex*	* The dialog hides the element:Exception The element is visible:OK
	button	click	Ex*	Ex*	Ex*	Ex*
	image	click	Ex*	Ex*	Ex*	Ex*
Link	normal	click	Ex*	Ex*	Ex*	Ex*
	img	click	Ex*	Ex*	Ex*	Ex*
	css	click	Ex*	Ex*	Ex*	Ex*
Text	textbox	send_key	OK	OK	OK	OK
	password	send_key	OK	OK	OK	OK
	textarea	send_key	OK	OK	OK	OK
Select	select	select	OK	Ex*	OK	OK
Radio	radio	click	Ex*	Ex*	Ex*	Ex*
	label	click	Ex*	Ex*	Ex*	Ex*
CheckBox	checkbox	click	Ex*	Ex*	Ex*	Ex*
	label	click	Ex*	Ex*	Ex*	Ex*