How to find an element within a frame in IE?

Question

Code trials:

driver.switchTo().frame(driver.findElement(By.xpath("//iframe[contains(@src,'path')]")));
driver.findElement(By.id());

Switching to Frame is may be successful but it didn't throw any NoSuchFrameException.

The same is working in Chrome and FireFox. But the same is not Working in IE (tried in IE9 and IE11). WebDriver Used: IEDriverServer Ver: 3.12.0.0

Is it because of the Document mode? or due to any Page rendering issue? In What Case will this happen?

HTML Source Code Link: Source Code

Tried to Find the id MF:txtentdon

I don't know if this is important or not, but It also throws HTTP Status: '404' -> incorrect JSON status mapping for 'stale element reference' (400 expected)

Error Stack Trace:

org.openqa.selenium.NoSuchElementException: Unable to find element with css selector == #MF\:txtentdon
For documentation on this error, please visit: http://seleniumhq.org/exceptions/no_such_element.html
Build info: version: '3.4.0', revision: 'unknown', time: 'unknown'
System info: host: 'N9776', ip: '172.29.18.139', os.name: 'Windows 7', os.arch: 'amd64', os.version: '6.1', java.version: '1.8.0_131'
Driver info: org.openqa.selenium.ie.InternetExplorerDriver
Capabilities [{proxy=Proxy(), acceptInsecureCerts=false, browserVersion=9, se:ieOptions={nativeEvents=true, browserAttachTimeout=0.0, ie.ensureCleanSession=false, elementScrollBehavior=0.0, enablePersistentHover=true, ie.browserCommandLineSwitches=, ie.forceCreateProcessApi=false, requireWindowFocus=false, initialBrowserUrl=http://localhost:6017/, ignoreZoomSetting=false, ie.fileUploadDialogTimeout=3000.0, ignoreProtectedModeSettings=false}, timeouts={implicit=0.0, pageLoad=300000.0, script=30000.0}, browserName=internet explorer, pageLoadStrategy=normal, javascriptEnabled=true, platformName=windows, setWindowRect=true, platform=ANY}]
Session ID: 48da0488-5d2e-46db-996e-77f27f26ff28
*** Element info: {Using=id, value=MF:txtentdon}
at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance0(Native Method)
    at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(Unknown Source)
    at sun.reflect.DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(Unknown Source)
    at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Unknown Source)
    at org.openqa.selenium.remote.http.W3CHttpResponseCodec.createException(W3CHttpResponseCodec.java:150)
    at org.openqa.selenium.remote.http.W3CHttpResponseCodec.decode(W3CHttpResponseCodec.java:115)
    at org.openqa.selenium.remote.http.W3CHttpResponseCodec.decode(W3CHttpResponseCodec.java:45)
    at org.openqa.selenium.remote.HttpCommandExecutor.execute(HttpCommandExecutor.java:164)
    at org.openqa.selenium.remote.service.DriverCommandExecutor.execute(DriverCommandExecutor.java:82)
    at org.openqa.selenium.remote.RemoteWebDriver.execute(RemoteWebDriver.java:637)
    at org.openqa.selenium.remote.RemoteWebDriver.findElement(RemoteWebDriver.java:410)
    at org.openqa.selenium.remote.RemoteWebDriver.findElementById(RemoteWebDriver.java:453)
    at org.openqa.selenium.By$ById.findElement(By.java:218)
    at org.openqa.selenium.remote.RemoteWebDriver.findElement(RemoteWebDriver.java:402)

Answer 1

You can try with this code :

driver.switchTo().frame(driver.findElement(By.xpath("//iframe[contains(@src,'path')]")));  
System.err.println("inside frame");
WebElement element = new WebDriverWait(driver, 10).until(ExpectedConditions.elementToBeClickable(By.id("MF:txtentdon")));

Or

WebElement element =  new WebDriverWait(driver, 10).until(ExpectedConditions.elementToBeClickable(By.name("MF:txtentdon")));

Answer 2

This error message...

org.openqa.selenium.NoSuchElementException: Unable to find element with css selector == #MF\:txtentdon

...implies that the InternetExplorerDriver server was unable to locate the desired element.

Your main issue seems to be the incompatibility between the version of the binaries you are using as follows:

• You are using Selenium Java Client v3.4.0
• You are using IEDriverServer v3.12.0.0
• You are using JDK v1.8.0_131

So there is a clear mismatch between JDK v1.8.0-131, Selenium Client v3.4.0 and IEDriverServer v3.12.0.0.

Solution

While you work with Selenium Java Client, InternetExplorerDriver and Internet Explorer Browser ensure that:

• You have fulfilled the Required Configuration as well as the additional considerations for Native Events and Browser Focus as per the documentation of InternetExplorerDriver.
• You have upgraded JDK to recent levels JDK 8u171.
• You have upgraded Selenium to current levels Version 3.12.0.
• You have upgraded InternetExplorerDriver to current IEDriverServer v3.12.0 level.
• Clean your Project Workspace through your IDE and Rebuild your project with required dependencies only.
• Use CCleaner tool to wipe off all the OS chores before and after the execution of your test Suite.
• Take a System Reboot.
• Execute your @Test.
• Always invoke driver.quit() within tearDown(){} method to close & destroy the WebDriver and Web Client instances gracefully.

A couple of additional facts you need to consider while switching frame to locate element:

• Always induce WebDriverwait while switching to desired frame.
• Once you switch to the desired frame induce WebDriverwait while you look out for the desired element.
• As your desired element is having the attribute readOnly="readonly" so you need to use the ExpectedConditions as visibilityOfElementLocated() as follows:

• So your effective code block will be:

  new WebDriverWait(driver, 10).until(ExpectedConditions.frameToBeAvailableAndSwitchToIt(By.xpath("//iframe[contains(@src,'path')]")));
  WebElement element = new WebDriverWait(driver, 20).until(ExpectedConditions.visibilityOfElementLocated(By.xpath("//input[@class='inputfld' and @id='MF:txtentdon']")));