Selenium is able to findElement which were located under flex box but not able to perform any actions on those elements. Below I am providing couple of sample websites for detailed understanding,
Website: https://condos.ca/
HTML snippet:
<div class="styles___SearchField-sc-ntshwn-1 azZjo">
<div class="styles___SiteSearch-sc-ntshwn-3 bvlPAF">
<div class="styles___InputIcon-sc-ntshwn-4 eAuylQ">
<svg viewBox="0 0 59.93 60" class="styles___Svg-sc-14upfal-0 frvNPk svg-icon" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" style="width: 20px; height: 20px;">
<path d="M59.23,55.73L44.33,40.81a25,25,0,1,0-3.53,3.54L55.7,59.27A2.5,2.5,0,1,0,59.23,55.73ZM5,25A20,20,0,1,1,25,45,20,20,0,0,1,5,25Z" transform="translate(-0.03)"></path>
</svg>
</div>
<input aria-label="Search by address, Neighbourhood, MLS #" placeholder="Search by address, Neighbourhood, MLS #" id="search-input">
</div>
<div class="styles___GetLocationContainer-sc-ntshwn-5 cCBUUE">
<button target="_blank" name="search nearby button" class="styles___AppButton-sc-5pk18n-0 jXQNUT styles___SearchNearby-sc-ntshwn-6 dYpkAS" id="">
<svg viewBox="0 0 20 20" class="styles___Svg-sc-14upfal-0 frvNPk svg-icon" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" style="width: 22px; height: 22px;">
<path d="M10,17.49c-4.19-0.02-7.57-3.39-7.55-7.53c0.02-4.14,3.42-7.48,7.61-7.47c4.18,0.02,7.56,3.37,7.55,7.51C17.6,14.15,14.19,17.5,10,17.49C10,17.49,10,17.49,10,17.49z M10,3.48C6.37,3.5,3.43,6.43,3.45,10.02c0.02,3.59,2.98,6.5,6.61,6.48c3.62-0.02,6.54-2.92,6.55-6.5c0-3.6-2.95-6.52-6.59-6.52C10.01,3.48,10.01,3.48,10,3.48z"></path>
<path d="M10,3.48c-0.28,0-0.5-0.22-0.5-0.49V0.49C9.5,0.22,9.72,0,10,0s0.5,0.22,0.5,0.49v2.49C10.5,3.26,10.28,3.48,10,3.48z"></path>
<path d="M10,20c-0.28,0-0.5-0.22-0.5-0.49v-2.51c0-0.27,0.22-0.49,0.5-0.49s0.5,0.22,0.5,0.49v2.51C10.5,19.78,10.28,20,10,20z"></path>
<path d="M19.54,10.48h-2.43c-0.28,0-0.5-0.22-0.5-0.49c0-0.27,0.22-0.49,0.5-0.49h2.43c0.28,0,0.5,0.22,0.5,0.49C20.04,10.26,19.82,10.48,19.54,10.48z"></path>
<path d="M3,10.49H0.46c-0.28,0-0.5-0.22-0.5-0.49c0-0.27,0.22-0.49,0.5-0.49H3c0.28,0,0.5,0.22,0.5,0.49C3.5,10.27,3.28,10.49,3,10.49z"></path>
<path d="M10,13.49c-1.95-0.02-3.52-1.61-3.5-3.54c0.02-1.93,1.62-3.48,3.58-3.46c1.94,0.02,3.51,1.59,3.5,3.51c-0.01,1.94-1.61,3.5-3.57,3.49C10.01,13.49,10,13.49,10,13.49z M10,7.48C8.6,7.5,7.48,8.64,7.5,10.03c0.02,1.39,1.18,2.49,2.58,2.47c1.38-0.02,2.49-1.13,2.5-2.5c0-1.39-1.14-2.52-2.55-2.52C10.02,7.48,10.01,7.48,10,7.48z"></path>
</svg>
</button>
</div>
</div>
Code:
driver.get("https://condos.ca");
driver.findElement(By.xpath("//input[@id='search-input']")).sendKeys("test");
Result: Step is being executed without throwing any errors but text was not entered.
Website: https://demoqa.com/slider
HTML snippet:
<div id="sliderContainer" class="form-group row">
<div class="col-9">
<span class="range-slider__wrap">
<input type="range" class="range-slider range-slider--primary" min="0" max="100" value="25" style="--value:25;">
<div class="range-slider__tooltip range-slider__tooltip--auto range-slider__tooltip--bottom" style="left: calc(25% + 5px);">
<div class="range-slider__tooltip__label">25</div>
<div class="range-slider__tooltip__arrow"></div>
</div>
</span>
</div>
<div class="col-3"><input id="sliderValue" class="form-control" value="25"></div>
</div>
Code:
driver.get("https://demoqa.com/slider");
JavascriptExecutor executor = (JavascriptExecutor) driver;
WebElement slider = driver.findElement(By.xpath("//input[@type='range']"));
System.out.println("Cuurent value: " + slider.getAttribute("value"));
executor.executeScript("arguments[0].setAttribute('value', ' 30 ')", slider);
Result: Printed attribute value but didn't set the new value.
Few SO questions and blogs are suggesting to use Selenium flex api to automate these these type of applications but I can see a pre-requiste to install flex plugin for eclipse and I cannot find that. Also, these post are little old (5 years old).
References:
Solution to Example 1
If you load the website, you will observe that the text above the search editbox initially looks like:
After sometime, the same element's text gets changed to:

Only after this happens, try performing the sendkeys operation. Note that you don't have to perform the sendkeys operation on the element with id = 'search-input'. You first need to click on that element and then another element(cssSelector -> div[role='combobox'] [placeholder='Search by address, Neighbourhood, MLS #']) becomes visible on which you have to perform the sendkeys operation.
Please refer the code below for the same(tested on chrome, edge and firefox).
package usecase;
import java.time.Duration;
import java.util.regex.Pattern;
import org.openqa.selenium.By;
import org.openqa.selenium.WebDriver;
import org.openqa.selenium.WebElement;
import org.openqa.selenium.chrome.ChromeDriver;
import org.openqa.selenium.support.ui.ExpectedConditions;
import org.openqa.selenium.support.ui.WebDriverWait;
import io.github.bonigarcia.wdm.WebDriverManager;
public class Flexcase {
public static WebDriver driver;
private static final int maxtime = 20;
/**
* Creating a custom findElement method that uses Explicit wait and waits for an
* element to be clickable
*/
public static WebElement findElement(By by) {
WebDriverWait wait = new WebDriverWait(driver, Duration.ofSeconds(maxtime));
return wait.until(ExpectedConditions.elementToBeClickable(by));
}
/**
* Waits for an element to contain a text matched by the given pattern(regex)
*/
public static Boolean doesElementContainTextPattern(By by, String pattern) {
WebDriverWait wait = new WebDriverWait(driver, Duration.ofSeconds(maxtime));
return wait.until(ExpectedConditions.textMatches(by, Pattern.compile(pattern)));
}
public static void main(String[] args) throws InterruptedException {
WebDriverManager.chromedriver().setup();
driver = new ChromeDriver();
driver.manage().window().maximize();
driver.get("https://condos.ca/");
// Waiting for the text to achieve a specific pattern - Search followed by 1+
// occurrences of either digits or commas followed by 0+ occurrences of any
// character that is not a newline character followed by the word Listings
if (doesElementContainTextPattern(By.className("dPFjpJ"), "Search [\\d,]+.*Listings")) {
findElement(By.id("search-input")).click();
findElement(By.cssSelector("div[role='combobox'] [placeholder='Search by address, Neighbourhood, MLS #']"))
.sendKeys("Test");
}
Thread.sleep(10000); // Pls let me see what's happening on the screen
driver.quit();
}
}
Solution for Example 2
Instead of using javascriptexecutor, I have used the Actions class to build a composite action made up by following actions:
Code:(sliding accuracy can be improved)
package usecase;
import org.openqa.selenium.By;
import org.openqa.selenium.WebDriver;
import org.openqa.selenium.WebElement;
import org.openqa.selenium.chrome.ChromeDriver;
import org.openqa.selenium.interactions.Actions;
import io.github.bonigarcia.wdm.WebDriverManager;
public class Slider {
public static WebDriver driver;
public static void moveSliderToPosition(By by, int percentage) throws InterruptedException {
WebElement slider = driver.findElement(by);
Actions builder = new Actions(driver);
builder.moveToElement(slider, (int) (-slider.getRect().width / 2), 0) // move to the leftmost position of the
// element
.moveByOffset((int) (percentage * slider.getRect().width / 100), 0) // move the cursor by an offset
// proportionate to the value passed
.click().build().perform();
Thread.sleep(3000); // let me see what has happened on the screen
}
public static void main(String[] args) throws InterruptedException {
WebDriverManager.chromedriver().setup();
driver = new ChromeDriver();
driver.manage().window().maximize();
driver.get("https://demoqa.com/slider");
By slider = By.cssSelector("input.range-slider");
moveSliderToPosition(slider, 47);
moveSliderToPosition(slider, 83);
moveSliderToPosition(slider, 35);
driver.quit();
}
}