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How can I add a text in textarea form (in HTML tag) by selenium python?

I have this HTML code:

<form class="_b6i0l"><textarea aria-label="Add a comment…" placeholder="Add a comment…" class="_bilrf" autocomplete="off" autocorrect="off" style="height: 18px;"></textarea>
<textarea aria-label="Add a comment…" placeholder="Add a comment…" class="_bilrf" autocomplete="off" autocorrect="off" style="height: 18px;"></textarea>
</form>

I want write a text in the filed. But, this error is happened:

selenium.common.exceptions.ElementNotInteractableException: Message: Element <textarea class="_bilrf"> is not reachable by keyboard

My code which sends the text is:

add_comment_box= WebDriverWait(driver, 10).until(EC.presence_of_element_located((By.CSS_SELECTOR, "textarea._bilrf")))
time.sleep(5)

add_comment_box.send_keys("nice!")

Could you help me, please?

Solution

  • Rather than send_keys, we can use this section:

    driver.execute_script("arguments[0].value = arguments[1]", driver.find_element_by_css_selector("textarea._bilrf"), "nice!")