'sendKeys' are not working in Selenium WebDriver

Question

I am not able to put any value in my application using WebDriver. My application is using frames.

I am able to clear the value of my textbox with driver.findElement(By.name("name")).clear();, but I'm unable to put any value using driver.findElement(By.name("name")).sendKeys("manish");. The click command works for another button on the same page.

Answer 1

I also had that problem, but then I made it work by:

myInputElm.click();
myInputElm.clear();
myInputElm.sendKeys('myString');

Answer 2

Before sendkeys(), use the click() method (i.e., in your case: clear(), click(), and sendKeys()):

driver.findElement(By.name("name")).clear();
driver.findElement(By.name("name")).click(); // Keep this click statement even if you are using click before clear.
driver.findElement(By.name("name")).sendKeys("manish");

Answer 3

Try clicking on the textbox before you send keys.

It may be that you need to trigger an event on the field before input and hopefully the click will do it.

Answer 4

I experienced the same issue and was able to collect the following solution for this:

1. Make sure element is in focus → try to click it first and enter a string.
2. If there is some animation for this input box, apply some wait, not static. you may wait for an element which comes after the animation. (My case)
3. You can try it out using Actions class.