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I have a set of tests where I need to login and then perform a search. My Application is an Angular JS and I am suing protractor. In fact, my tests where working fine until I receive a new kit of my application and all my tests are failing at this point :

 element(by.id('mainGlobalSearchBtn')).sendKeys('a');

Here is my console output :

1) change number of items displayed by page should display 20 items per page Message : UnknownError: unknown error: cannot focus element (Session info: chrome = 33.0.1750.117) (Driver info : chromedriver = 2.8.241075, platform = Windows NT 6.1 SP1 x86_64) (WARNING : The server did not provide any stacktrace information) Command duration or timeout: 70 milliseconds Build info: version: '2.39.0', revision: 'ff23eac', time: '2013-12-16 16:11:15' System info: host: 'vmstmselhub', ip: '203.0.113.1', os.name: 'Windows 7', os.a rch: 'amd64', os.version: '6.1', java.version: '1.7.0_40' Session ID: aad8a0d0ed00088c3bbfc80c546c75ff Driver info: org.openqa.selenium.chrome.ChromeDriver Capabilities[{ platform = XP, acceptSslCerts = true, javascriptEnabled = true, browserName = chrome, chrome = { userDataDir = C:\Users\orsyp\AppData\Local\Temp\scoped_dir3592_13478 }, rotatable = false, locationContextEnabled = true, version = 33.0.1750.117, t akesHeapSnapshot = true, cssSelectorsEnabled = true, databaseEnabled = false, handlesAlerts = true, browserConnectionEnabled = false, nativeEvents = true, webStorageEnabled = true, applicationCacheEnabled = false, takesScreenshot = true }] Stacktrace : UnknownError : unknown error: cannot focus element (Session info: chrome = 33.0.1750.117) (Driver info : chromedriver = 2.8.241075, platform = Windows NT 6.1 SP1 x86_64) (WARNING : The server did not provide any stacktrace information) Command duration or timeout: 70 milliseconds Build info: version: '2.39.0', revision: 'ff23eac', time: '2013-12-16 16:11:15' System info: host: 'vmstmselhub', ip: '203.0.113.1', os.name: 'Windows 7', os.a rch: 'amd64', os.version: '6.1', java.version: '1.7.0_40' Session ID: aad8a0d0ed00088c3bbfc80c546c75ff Driver info: org.openqa.selenium.chrome.ChromeDriver Capabilities[{ platform = XP, acceptSslCerts = true, javascriptEnabled = true, browserName = chrome, chrome = { userDataDir = C:\Users\orsyp\AppData\Local\Temp\scoped_dir3592_13478 }, rotatable = false, locationContextEnabled = true, version = 33.0.1750.117, takesHeapSnapshot = true, cssSelectorsEnabled = true, databaseEnabled = false, handlesAlerts = true, browserConnectionEnabled = false, nativeEvents = true, webStorageEnabled = true, applicationCacheEnabled = false, takesScreenshot = true }] at new bot.Error( C:\node_modules\protractor\node_modules\selenium-webdriver\lib\atoms\error.js: 109: 18 ) at Object.bot.response.checkResponse( C:\node_modules\protractor\node_module s\selenium-webdriver\lib\atoms\response.js: 106: 9 ) at C:\node_modules\protractor\node_modules\selenium-webdriver\lib\webdriver\webdriver.js: 276: 20 at C:\node_modules\protractor\node_modules\selenium-webdriver\lib\goog\base.js: 1178: 15 at webdriver.promise.ControlFlow.runInNewFrame_( C:\node_modules\protractor\node_modules\selenium-webdriver\lib\webdriver\promise.js: 1445: 20 ) at notify( C:\node_modules\protractor\node_modules\selenium-webdriver\lib\we bdriver\promise.js: 328: 12 ) at notifyAll( C:\node_modules\protractor\node_modules\selenium-webdriver\lib\webdriver\promise.js: 297: 7 ) at fulfill( C:\node_modules\protractor\node_modules\selenium-webdriver\lib\webdriver\promise.js: 402: 7 ) at C:\node_modules\protractor\node_modules\selenium-webdriver\lib\webdriver\promise.js: 1312: 10 at C:\node_modules\protractor\node_modules\selenium-webdriver\lib\goog\base.js: 1178: 15 === = async task === = WebElement.sendKeys([object Object]) at webdriver.WebDriver.schedule( C:\node_modules\protractor\node_modules\selenium-webdriver\lib\webdriver\webdriver.js: 267: 15 ) at webdriver.WebElement.schedule_( C:\node_modules\protractor\node_modules\selenium-webdriver\lib\webdriver\webdriver.js: 1591: 23 ) at webdriver.WebElement.sendKeys( C:\node_modules\protractor\node_modules\selenium-webdriver\lib\webdriver\webdriver.js: 1752: 15 ) at element.(anonymous function)[as sendKeys]( C:\node_modules\protractor\lib\protractor.js: 440: 32 ) at C:\node_modules\protractor\lib\protractor.js: 89: 34 at C:\node_modules\protractor\node_modules\selenium-webdriver\lib\goog\base.js: 1178: 15 at webdriver.promise.ControlFlow.runInNewFrame_( C:\node_modules\protractor\node_modules\selenium-webdriver\lib\webdriver\promise.js: 1445: 20 ) at notify( C:\node_modules\protractor\node_modules\selenium-webdriver\lib\webdriver\promise.js: 328: 12 ) at notifyAll( C:\node_modules\protractor\node_modules\selenium-webdriver\lib\webdriver\promise.js: 297: 7 ) === = async task === = at null. < anonymous > ( C:\node_modules\protractor\jasminewd\index.js: 53: 12 ) at null. < anonymous > ( C:\node_modules\protractor\node_modules\minijasminenode\lib\async-callback.js: 45: 37 ) at jasmine.Block.execute( C:\node_modules\protractor\node_modules\minijasminenode\lib\jasmine-1.3.1.js: 1168: 17 ) at jasmine.Queue.next_( C:\node_modules\protractor\node_modules\minijasminenode\lib\jasmine-1.3.1.js: 2200: 31 ) at null._onTimeout( C:\node_modules\protractor\node_modules\minijasminenode\lib\jasmine-1.3.1.js: 2190: 18 ) at Timer.listOnTimeout[as ontimeout]( timers.js: 110: 15 ) Finished in 8.45 seconds 1 test, 1 assertion, 1 failure

I would add that protractor is not able to click/enter text in any of my web element after logging in.

Here is my search form HTML :

<form class="ng-pristine ng-valid" id="mainSearchGroup" name="mainSearchGroup"> <div id="mainSearch"> <input class="ng-pristine ng-valid" id="mainGlobalSearch" name= "mainGlobalSearch" placeholder="Schedule workflows, name..." type= "text"> <div id="mainSearchIn" style="background-image: url(" title= "Filter by..."> <div class="word-ellipsis ng-binding" id="mainSearchInText"> All </div> <div id="mainSearchInRightGrayBorder"></div> <div id="mainSearchInBox" style=""></div> </div> <div class="ng-binding" id="mainGlobalSearchBtn"> <div class="clear"></div> </div> </div> </form>
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  • Include the HTML for the page in question please. Commented Feb 24, 2014 at 15:23
  • You're suing Protactor? I hope they have a good lawyer. Commented Feb 24, 2014 at 16:06
  • Yes I am using protractor, i did not get the lawyer point though! Commented Feb 24, 2014 at 16:11
  • I have found this seems similar to my problem not sure though : github.com/angular/protractor/issues/325 Commented Feb 24, 2014 at 16:21

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I had great success using this: 

Actions actions = new Actions(driver); actions.moveToElement(element); actions.click(); actions.sendKeys("Some Name"); actions.build().perform();

Found here: http://grokbase.com/t/gg/selenium-users/142jj2483b/chromedriver-error-cannot-focus-element

This solution also works for C# since the same classes and methods are present in that API.

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This saved me from using a 3rd party solution. Thanks nath.
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If it helps the next person, I has to .click() inside the field before sending keys.

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A bit late to the party, but those looking for a solution to this problem while using selenium under python can use the following code:

actions = webdriver.ActionChains(driver) actions.move_to_element(my_div) actions.click() actions.send_keys(Keys.SPACE) # Replace with whichever keys you want. actions.perform()

Where my_div is an element you've previously selected, perhaps with code like this:

my_div = item.find_element_by_css_selector("div.foobar")
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It worked for me in Protractor :

browser.driver.actions(). mouseDown(element). click(). sendKeys("Some Text"). perform();

Thanks.

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This a Protractor bug or more precisely a compatibility bug between Angular 1.2.X and above and protractor=> Synchronisation is failing A walk around will be to add this line in a before each function :

ptor.ignoreSynchronization = true;

And to add sleep ('5000') to synchronise manually with Angular JS.

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Apparently there are some issues when using protractor, angular, and chrome.

Try using firefox as your browser instead. Edit your protractor config file like so:

exports.config = { seleniumAddress: 'http://localhost:4444/wd/hub', specs: ['spec/spec.js'], capabilities: { 'browserName': 'firefox' } }

After doing this, I no longer experienced the problem.

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You could try to replace "#mainGlobalSearchBtn" div with an <input type="text"> or <input type="button">, which is intended to receive a .sendKeys() command.

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That does not work, and the correct syntax is probably browser.ignoreSynchronization=true.

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