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In the target webpage, there is an angularjs input element:

<input type="text" class="form-control ng-pristine ng-valid ng-valid-maxlength ng-touched" placeholder="Role name" ng-model="selectedRole.roleName" maxlength="50">

enter image description here And i can locate the element using selenium(python) by using (By.CSS_SELECTOR,'input[ng-model="selectedRole.roleName"]'), but cannot set its value, can anybody help on this, thanks in advance!

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how do you set its value? show us your code – Yu Zhang Jul 30 at 5:11
    
The method I tried: role_name = driver.find_element_by_css_selector('input[ng-model="selecte‌​dRole.roleName"]') 1. role_name.send_keys("alvin") 2. self.driver.execute_script('arguments[0].setAttribute("value‌​","alvin");',role_na‌​me), both are not working. BTW, I can get the element value by using role_name.get_attribute("value") – Alvin Jul 30 at 5:26
    
@Alvin Did you tried before set value to wait until element visible using WebDriverWait..?? – Saurabh Gaur Jul 30 at 6:53
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Once you've located the input element, just send the keys to it:

role_name = driver.find_element_by_css_selector('input[ng-model="selectedRole.roleName"]')
role_name.send_keys("test")
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I tried the method before, and got below error:Message: element not visible (Session info: chrome=51.0.2704.103) (Driver info: chromedriver=2.21.371459 (36d3d07f660ff2bc1bf28a75d1cdabed0983e7c4),platform=Windows NT 6.1 SP1 x86_64), And i also tried to use execute_script: self.driver.execute_script('arguments[0].setAttribute("value‌​","alvin");',roleInp‌​ut), still no lucky – Alvin Jul 30 at 5:21
    
@Alvin I wonder if this input is intentionally hidden, or is this just a timing issue? – alecxe Jul 30 at 5:29
    
I add an image link for the input. is it because the input control implemented by angularjs style? – Alvin Jul 30 at 5:48
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I think you need to wait before send_keys using WebDriverWait until element to be visible as below :

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

wait = WebDriverWait(driver, 20)
role_name = wait.until(EC.visibility_of_element_located((By.CSS_SELECTOR,'input[ng-model="selectedRole.roleName"]')))

#now go for set value
role_name.send_keys("alvin")

If you are still unable to set value try using execute_script as below :

driver.execute_script("arguments[0].value = 'alvin'", role_name)

Hope it helps...:)

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Thank you, @Saurabh! I tried your method, still no lucky, I am wondering if selenium fully support angularjs applications? – Alvin Jul 30 at 7:26
    
What do you mean still no lucky?? Is there any exception?? Please share it – Saurabh Gaur Jul 30 at 7:33
    
I got a "TimeoutException" error with blank message – Alvin Jul 30 at 7:41
    
did you look for frame or iframe??? Make sure this element is not inside any frame or iframe... – Saurabh Gaur Jul 30 at 7:42
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You can simply access and set value using the below code.

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

driver.find_element_by_xpath("//input[@ng-model = 'selectedRole.roleName']")
WebDriverWait(browser, 60).until(EC.presence_of_element_located((By.XPATH, "//input[@ng-model = 'selectedRole.roleName']"))).send_keys('Your Value')
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