Stale element reference exception

[satya sree]

Im getting stale element reference exception during the below situation

I have three continuos dropdown fields. 1st dropdown is independent
2nd is dependent on first dropdown
3rd is dependemt on 2nd dropdown
--on selection of 1st dropdown the page gets refreshed then we need to select value from second dropdown and so on fr 3rd also.
When i tried writing using select like a normal dropdown selection
1st dropsown is selected and then 2nd dropdown value is being selected before refresh of the page occurs after frst droodown. Plz lettme knw fr any solution

[rajee sudh]

you can use Selenide, it solves the major stale element exception issue in selenium

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[satya sree]

What is selenide? Can you plz explain it with an example

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[rajee sudh]

http://selenide.org/quick-start.html  - using the selenide API should help you with stale exceptions

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[Shawn McCarthy]

Hi,

I suggest you learn why you are getting the StaleElementException, before you try and use a third party tool to help with it. It will give you a better understanding, and could help you in the future.

You get a StaleElementException when you locate an element, the element changes, than you try to interact with the element. I suggest you:
1) Select from the first drop down
2) Have an explicit wait for the second drop down to be populated
3) Find the element for the second drop down
4) Select from the second drop down
5) Have an explicit wait for the third drop down to be populated
6) Find the element for the third drop down
7) Select from the third drop down

I don't disagree with using Selenide, I just think it would be very useful to know why you are getting the StaleElementExceptions in the first place.

[MWQA]

I find the easiest way is to put a wrapper around FindElement, i.e.

        public IWebElement find(By locator)

        {

            WebDriverWait wait = new WebDriverWait(driver, TimeSpan.FromSeconds(15));

            wait.Until(ExpectedConditions.ElementIsVisible(locator));

            return driver.FindElement(locator);