using Selenium Webdriver with CkEditor in Firefox 14

Question

I am using Webdriver in Java with Firefox 14.

My problem is that I can't seem to get webdriver to play nicely with CkEditor. I have looked for solutions but have been unable to get any working in either Firefox 13 or 14. These are the solutions that I have tried:

1. The normal sendKeys interction

   textArea.sendKeys();
   

   or

   textArea.click();
   textArea.sendKeys();
   

   Result: This code wouldn't produce any text in the CkEditor

2. The code from Selenium issue 3890

   d.get("http://ckeditor.com/demo");
   WebElement iframe = d.findElement(By.tagName("iframe"));
   d.switchTo().frame(iframe);
   WebElement tinymce = d.findElement(By.tagName("body"));
   tinymce.clear();
   tinymce.sendKeys("Hello, ckeditor!");
   

   Result: This code will go to the site and clear the editor, but won't put in any text into the CkEditor instance.

3. AdvancedUserInteractions -- eg. Actions() in multiple variations

   textArea.click();
   new Actions(driver).sendKeys("Hello, ckeditor!").build().perform();
   

   and

   new Actions(driver).sendKeys(textArea, "Hello, ckeditor!").build().perform();
   

   and

   new Actions(driver).click(textArea).sendKeys("Hello, ckeditor!").build().perform();
   

   Result: These won't produce any text in the CkEditor

4. Switching iframes (as per Issue 3890 above) and using AdvancedUserInteractions

   Code similar to:

   driver.switchTo().frame(iframe);
   textArea.click();
   new Actions(driver).sendKeys("Hello, ckeditor!").build().perform();
   

   Result: Throws error "c.value is undefined"

5. Using the Javascript and the CkEditor Api

   JavascriptExecutor js = (JavascriptExecutor) d;
   System.out.println("[debug] Set Text: " + setText);
   js.executeScript("CKEDITOR.instances.editor1.setData('<p> "+ setText +"</p>');");
   

   Result: Excludes the '/' character when "org.apache.commons.lang.StringEscapeUtils.escapeHtml" is/isn't used to convert "setText" to Html entries. This solution also throws an "ERROR: null" on large strings.

Any ideas on things that I haven't tried? Fixes for things I have tried? Any other suggestions?

Thanks!

Answer 1

Sometimes Text areas are handled as Iframe where you have to switch to that frame and run JS command to type on it .

final WebDriver frame = driver.switchTo().frame(findElement(By.id("locator")); //any locator
    ((JavascriptExecutor) driver).executeScript("document.body.innerHTML='" + TestValueThatYouWantToType + "'");
    driver.switchTo().defaultContent();