How Selenium works(elements status/5:IE)

2020-07-052020-07-29

Overview

Test page

Internet Explorer

Button

Normal

In IE, the click method does not work simply.
The first click sets the focus to the control.

The second click raises the click event.

Inactive(disabled)

No response.

Inactive(pointer-events:none)

Exception occurred
Not clickable manually.

ElementClickInterceptedExceptionMessage: Element not clickable at point (0,0). Other element would receive the click: 
<traceback object at 0x000002A87C6CF3C8>

Read-only(readonly)

The second click will cause the event.

Hidden(display:none)

Exception occurred

ElementNotInteractableExceptionMessage: Element is not displayed
<traceback object at 0x000002A87C6A07C8>

Hidden(visibility:hidden)

Exception occurred

Result

Button	click	is_displayed	is_enabled	readonly
normal	OK	True	True	None
disabled	NG	True	False	None
pointer-events:none	Ex	True	True	None
readonly	OK	True	True	true
display:none	Ex	False	True	None
visibility:hidden	Ex	False	True	None

Link

Normal

The second click will cause the event.

Inactive(disabled)

A click event does not occur. It is different from other browsers.
Does it mean that “disabled" is working?

But “is_enabled()" is “True"

Inactive(pointer-events:none)

Exception occurred

It is clickable manually.

Read-only(readonly)

The second click will cause the event.

Hidden(display:none)

Hidden(visibility:hidden)

Result

Link	click	is_displayed	is_enabled	readonly	note
normal	OK	True	True	None
disabled	NG	True	True	None
pointer-events:none	Ex*	True	True	None	*Clickable manually
readonly	OK	True	True	true
display:none	Ex	False	True	None
visibility:hidden	Ex	False	True	None

Text

Normal

Inactive(disabled)

Exception occurred

ElementNotInteractableExceptionMessage: Element cannot be interacted with via the keyboard because it is not enabled
<traceback object at 0x0000020D872B6688>

Inactive(pointer-events:none)

It is enterable with Selenium, and not enterable manually.

Read-only(readonly)

It is not enterable.

Hidden(display:none)

Exception occurred

ElementNotInteractableExceptionMessage: Element cannot be interacted with via the keyboard because it is not displayed
<traceback object at 0x0000020D85C28948>

Hidden(visibility:hidden)

Result

Text	send_keys	get_value	is_displayed	is_enabled	readonly
normal	OK	OK	True	True	None
disabled	Ex	OK	True	False	None
pointer-events:none	OK	OK	True	True	None
readonly	NG	OK	True	True	true
display:none	Ex	OK	False	True	None
visibility:hidden	Ex	OK	False	True	None

Select

Inactive(disabled)

It is not selectable.

Inactive(pointer-events:none)

“option2" is selected.

Read-only(readonly)

Hidden(display:none)

Exception occurred

JavascriptExceptionMessage: Cannot click on option element. Executing JavaScript click function returned an unexpected error, but no error could be returned from Internet Explorer's JavaScript engine.
<traceback object at 0x0000020D85C6A808>

An empty character is returned.
The item specified with <option> becomes an empty character.

Hidden(visibility:hidden)

Result

Select	select item	get selected item	is_displayed	is_enabled	readonly	note
noraml	OK	OK	True	True	None
disabled	NG	OK	True	False	None
pointer-events:none	OK	OK	True	True	None
readonly	OK	OK	True	True	true
display:none	Ex	NG*	False	True	None	*Empty is returned
visibility:hidden	Ex	NG*	False	True	None	*Empty is returned

Select(option)

Inactive(disabled)

Not selectable.

Inactive(pointer-events:none)

It is selectable.

It is selectable manually.

Hidden(display:none)

It is selectable.

It is selectable manually. “option2" is displayed.

Hidden(visibility:hidden)

It is selectable.

“option2" is hidden, but it is selectable manually.

Result

Select (option)	select item	get selected item	is_displayed	is_enabled	readonly	note
normal	OK	OK	True	True	None
disabled	NG	OK	True	False	None
pointer-events:none	OK*	OK	True	True	None	*selectable manually
readonly	OK	OK	True	True	true
display:none	OK*	OK	True	True	None	*selectable manually
visibility:hidden	OK*	OK	True	True	None	*selectable manually

Radio

It was the same result as Chrome, Firefox and Edge.

Result

Radio	click button	click label	get value	is_displayed	is_enabled	readonly
normal	OK	OK	OK	True	True	None
disabled	NG	NG	OK	True	False	None
pointer-events:none	Ex	OK	OK	True	True	None
readonly	OK	OK	OK	True	True	true
display:none	Ex	OK	OK	False	True	None
visibility:hidden	Ex	OK	OK	False	True	None

CheckBox

It was the same result as Chrome, Firefox and Edge.

Result

CheckBox	click button	click label	get value	is_displayed	is_enabled	readonly
normal	OK	OK	OK	True	True	None
disabled	NG	NG	OK	True	False	None
pointer-events:none	Ex	OK	OK	True	True	None
readonly	OK	OK	OK	True	True	true
display:none	Ex	OK	OK	False	True	None
visibility:hidden	Ex	OK	OK	False	True	None