SafariDriver fails to switch to frames/iframes? Not currently supported feature? Anyone encounter issues in this area?

[David]

I haven't found anything about this topic yet, nor in the issue
tracker, but came across the fact that one of the acceptance tests
dealing with window and frame switching is skipped for Safari:

http://selenium.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/dotnet/test/WebDriver.Common.Tests/WindowSwitchingTest.cs

Would like to confirm, does SafariDriver support switchin frames/
iframes? I can understand lack of support for window switching since
it can't handle alerts and can't open new window (via javascript). But
frames/iframes too?

Calling something like
driver.switchTo().frame(driver.findElements(By.tagName("iframe")).get(0));
can return timeout exception with message Timed out awaiting response
to command "switchToFrame" after 30002 ms

Calling driver.switchTo().frame(0); can return WebDriverException with
message 'undefined' is not an object (evaluating
'a.contentWindow.document')

I tried against different valid frames numbers (1, etc.) and it either
returned same errors or that it couldn't find element of next command
since it wasn't on the right frame.

I haven't seen the iframe switching issue in FF or IE so far.

[darrell]

SafariDriver does not support frames. This was a big problem for me.
Approximately 45% of my customers are Safari/Mac users and my
application uses iframes quite heavily. :(

On Aug 15, 9:50 pm, David <manga...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I haven't found anything about this topic yet, nor in the issue
> tracker, but came across the fact that one of the acceptance tests
> dealing with window and frame switching is skipped for Safari:
>

> http://selenium.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/dotnet/test/WebDriver.Common...

[David]

Thanks Darrell.

Is there a logged issue for that lack of support? Or it assume bundled
with the window open / alert issues?

Good to have a reference tracked in the issues list.

[Sumit Saxena]

Hi David you can use robot class for safari too

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[darrell]

Hi David,

I don't know if there is a logged issue. The moment it came out I got it and the release notes for it. It was stated in the release notes that frames were not supported. I had plenty of work in other areas. So I put Safari on the back burner until I could put a dent in the other issues.

Darrell

[Krishnan Mahadevan]

David/Darrell,

From the total issues raised for SafariDriver : http://code.google.com/p/selenium/issues/list?can=1&q=browser%3DSafari+component%3DWebDriver+status%3ANew%2CAccepted%2CWorkingAsIntended%2CWontFix%2CNotFeasible%2CFixed&colspec=ID+Stars+Type+Status+Priority+Owner+Summary+Browser+Component&cells=tiles

I found this : http://code.google.com/p/selenium/issues/detail?id=3945

3945 doesn't talk about switching to iframes, but it does state this : "If an iframe is removed from the DOM after the SafariDriver has focused on it, the driver will hang."

which makes me believe that perhaps iframes support is there in SafariDriver

Hope that helps !

Thanks & Regards
Krishnan Mahadevan

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[Pavithra]

Switch to frame in safari driver works fine for me !!

--Pavithra

[David]

Thanks Krishnan.

Then I'm guessing support is there but usability is spotty and your mileage may vary. Just as with many cross-browser automation issues. :(

[Simon Stewart]

The SafariDriver has been written as a safari extension and uses (lots
of JS). We'd love some help improving it.

Simon

> https://groups.google.com/d/msg/webdriver/-/n7Vm1uYx1DMJ.

[Siva]

Hi Pavithra,

Can you tell me how it worked for you? Can you give us the steps to switch to frame in Safari -?

We are trying the below:
driver().switchTo().defaultContent();
driver().switchTo().frame("<iframe_name>");
driver().switchTo().activeElement();

But we got the error same as David mentioned.

Wrapped org.openqa.selenium.WebDriverException: 'undefined' is not an object (evaluating 'a.contentWindow.document')
(WARNING: The server did not provide any stacktrace information)

So whether Safari Driver really supports iframe? If so, just provide the steps.

[Sumit Saxena]

Here we need to use robot class

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[Test SCF]

Thanks all for your suggestions. 

The below change in switching to iframe in Safari worked perfectly for me.

driver.switchTo().frame(driver.findElement(By.id("frame_name")));

Had to use driver findElement By Id for frame while switching - that is the reason it was throwing undefined.

Once it was switched - I was able to type into the text box as normal by selenium functions itself.

As Sumit suggested, we can use java.awt.Robot class also to type inside the iframe.

[Teresa P]

I'm having the same issue with Safari with the Python extension.  I'm on the latest version of selenium, the python library, as well as safari.  Has anyone had any luck about a workaround for this issue?  I've attempted using id's, index of the frame, the WebElement reference.... I'm running out of ideas!!

Help!

Thanks!

[Xu Yang]

Hi Siva,

 

I got such exception 'org.openqa.selenium.NoSuchElementException: could not find element' when using

dr.switchTo().frame(driver.findElement(By.id(IframeID)));

 Do you have any suggestion on it?

 

在 2013年5月22日星期三 UTC+8下午2:26:08，Siva写道：

[Selenium Framework]

Please see the below code. It executes fine and the driver is able to switch to the iframe and access an element inside the frame [The sleep was needed for synchronization as sometimes SafariDriver is taking time to connect on my machine]. Maybe I am just lucky to have it working [As David mentioned it might be spotty]

1. Assuming you have all the jars, run the below class
2. Selenium 2.44.0.jar , Safari Extension 2.38 [Safari - Preferences - Extensions]

import org.openqa.selenium.By;
import org.openqa.selenium.WebDriver;
import org.openqa.selenium.WebElement;
import org.openqa.selenium.safari.SafariDriver;


public class SimpleTest{

    public static void main(String args[]) throws Exception
    {
        WebDriver driver = new SafariDriver();
        driver.navigate().to("http://yourhtmlsource.com/frames/inlineframes.html");
        Thread.sleep(5000);
        WebElement frame = driver.findElement(By.name("bomb"));
        System.out.println(frame.getAttribute("outerHTML"));
        driver.switchTo().frame(driver.findElement(By.name("bomb")));
                WebElement frame_body = driver.findElement(By.tagName("body"));
        System.out.println(frame_body.getAttribute("outerHTML"));
        driver.quit();
    }
}

cheers

http://www.seleniumframework.com

[Xu Yang]

Thanks a lot for your help, I have successfully switched to the Iframe in Safari with the way you mentioned.

在 2015年1月21日星期三 UTC+8上午2:32:24，Selenium Framework写道：

[Venkata Prasad Reddy]

Hello Sumit,

 Could you please provide the sample robot code.

Thanks in advance