Question

It’s late and I must be missing something simple here but I just can’t figure it out.

I am attempting to automate the user input of a form using Webdriver. The catch is that the form is dynamic and has lots of custom fields. In this case, I am trying to send a simple string to ALL of the text entry boxes on the form. I think I’m half way there; I am able to pull all text fields using XPath and put them into a List. However, I’m not sure how to interact with them once they are there.. Here is the code I have so far:

List<IWebElement> textfields = new List<IWebElement>();

var test = Driver.FindElements(By.XPath("//*[@type='text']"));

foreach (IWebElement fields in test)
{
    textfields.Add(fields);
}

The way in which I interact with WebDriver is something like this:

Driver.FindElements(By.XPath(querygoeshere)).SendKeys("test");.

However, everything in the list is an IWebElement.. What do I do next? Am I on the wrong path here?

Answer 1

I am not sure of the C# syntax, but an approach like this should be helpful:

List<IWebElement> textfields = new List<IWebElement>();
textfields = Driver.FindElements(By.XPath("//*[@type='text']"));

foreach (IWebElement field in textfields){
    field.SendKeys("test);
}