InvalidElementStateException Invalid Element State: Element Must Be User-editable In Order To Clear It" Error While Sending Text With Selenium Python

I have an input HTML element like this in Django When I want to find and clear it elm_input = self.wait.until(EC.presence_of_ele

Solution 1:

This error message...

InvalidElementStateException invalid element state: Element must be user-editable in order to clear it"

...implies that the WebDriver instance was unable to clear the existing contents of the element.

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A bit more of the outerHTML of the element would have helped us to analyze the issue in a better way. However you need to take care of a couple of things as follows:

• While sending a character sequence instead of using presence_of_element_located() you have to induce WebDriverWait for the element_to_be_clickable().

• Ensure the Locator Strategy uniquely identifies the WebElement and you can use either of the following Locator Strategies:

  • Using CSS_SELECTOR:

    elm_input = WebDriverWait(driver, 20).until(EC.element_to_be_clickable((By.CSS_SELECTOR, "input#id[type='number'][maxlength='50']")))
    elm_input.clear()
    elm_input.send_keys("1234567890")
    

  • Using XPATH:

    elm_input = WebDriverWait(driver, 20).until(EC.element_to_be_clickable((By.XPATH, "//input[@id='id' and @type='number'][@maxlength='50']")))
    elm_input.clear()
    elm_input.send_keys("1234567890")       
    

  • Note : You have to add the following imports :

    from selenium.webdriver.support.ui import WebDriverWait
    from selenium.webdriver.common.by import By
    from selenium.webdriver.support import expected_conditions as EC
    

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Reference

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