How Selenium works(input exceptions/4:Edge)

2020-07-272020-07-29

Overview

Test Page

Microsoft Edge

Zoom

Use the Ctrl key and “-" combos to decrease the page magnification to 90%.

Button

Not clickable.

Link

Not clickable.

Text

Enterable

Select

Selectable

Radio / CheckBox

Not clickable.

The label is not clickable.

Execution result

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

Hidden element

Click “child2" in the pull-down menu.

Menu

An exception occurs.

ElementNotInteractableExceptionMessage: element not interactable
  (Session info: MicrosoftEdge=83.0.478.61)
<traceback object at 0x000002B7A4A40A48>

is_displayed()=False

Another element hides the element

Modal dialog

Click “Menu1" to display the JavaScript Alert dialog.
The Alert dialog is modal.

Button

submit

If Selenium clicks the “submit" while the Alert dialog is displayed, the dialog will close and an exception will occur.

UnexpectedAlertPresentExceptionAlert Text: Menu1!
Message: unexpected alert open: {Alert text : Menu1!}
  (Session info: MicrosoftEdge=83.0.478.61)
<traceback object at 0x000002B7A49CA9C8>

With manual operation, you cannot click “submit" and the dialog will not close.

Selenium cannot get the element. An exception occurs.

Link

The dialog closes and an exception occurs.

Text

Execute “send_keys()" method while the Alert dialog is displayed.
The dialog closes and an exception occurs.

UnexpectedAlertPresentExceptionAlert Text: Menu1!
Message: unexpected alert open: {Alert text : Menu1!}
  (Session info: MicrosoftEdge=83.0.478.61)
<traceback object at 0x000002B7A4A17408>

Select

The dialog closes and an exception occurs.

Radio / CheckBox

By clicking the button or lable, the Alert dialog closes and an exception occurs.

Execution result

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

Selenium cannot get the element.
The dialog closes.

Modeless dialog

Click “Menu2" to display the jQuery Modeless dialog.

Button

submit

With the dialogs overlapping, click the “submit".
An exception occurs.

ElementClickInterceptedExceptionMessage: element click intercepted: Element <input type="submit" id="submit" value="submit" class="btn-submit"> is not clickable at point (831, 371). Other element would receive the click: <p>...</p>
  (Session info: MicrosoftEdge=83.0.478.61)
<traceback object at 0x00000206EFBC5CC8>

Move the dialog to show the “submit", then click.
It is clickable.

You can click it manually.

is_displayed()=True

Link

Selenium cannot click if the element is hidden.

Text

It is enterable if the element is hidden.

Select

It is selectable if the element is hidden.

Radio / CheckBox

It is not clickable if the element is hidden.

Execution result

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

Ex: An exception occurs if the element is hidden with the dialog overlapping.

Header/Footer

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

Button

submit

Press “click" in CodeChecker while the “submit" is hidden with the header overlapping.
An exception occurs.

ElementClickInterceptedExceptionMessage: element click intercepted: Element <input type="submit" id="submit" value="submit" class="btn-submit"> is not clickable at point (831, 15). Other element would receive the click: <p id="sitename">...</p>
  (Session info: MicrosoftEdge=83.0.478.61)
<traceback object at 0x000002123BDC0D88>

is_displayed()=True

Link

Press “click" in CodeChecker while the “Link" is hidden with the header overlapping.
An exception occurs.

Text

textbox

It is enterable if the element is hidden.

Select

It is selectable.

Radio / CheckBox

An exception occurs.

Execution result

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