Htykuut

Im trying to clear the Existing value of a field[TextBox]by the folowing ways,

1. Action - MoveToElement - Keys.Backspace


2. Selenium method - Clear()

everytime: used to get the same error message :No such elementexception though the element identification is correct and even i tried to focus the element before performing the action but still failed.

suggest me the approach please

note: Microsoft.Dynamics CRM application

Based on additional data from comments here is what probably happens:

1. You get an instance of WebElement - there is an element matching your locator at that moment of time
   


2. You enter some value to the element - this action most likely changes your web element somehow (e.g. changes style/class/or even a tag)
   


3. You trying to get an instance of the same WebElement using the same locator and NoSuchElementException is thrown - this is because the element is now not exactly the same as in step 1
   

If you add sample HTML before entering text and after the text is entered we probably will be able to provide the exact solution.

As of now I can suggest 2 ways:

1. When you want to clear the text - you need to use different locator. That will match exactly the element you need to work with.


2. If your page does not reload after you type text, you just can create a variable for WebElement, find element and store it to the variable before entering the text, then work with this variable enter a text using sendKeys, then clear text applying clear method to this same variable. I.e. it might be that you don't really need to call findElement twice if the page stays the same.