Element after jquery.show and WebDriverException: unknown error: cannot focus element

java, javascript, jquery, selenium, selenium-webdriver

Solution

After some hours I finally found a solution by using Actions without JavascriptExecuter:

Actions actions = new Actions(driver);
actions.moveToElement(website);
actions.click();
actions.sendKeys("Some Name");
actions.build().perform();

Well, it worked for me. However, is this way the better solution ?

Problem

My javascript line: ``` $('#name').show(); ``` My webdriver code line: ``` wait.until(ExpectedConditions.visibilityOfElementLocated(By.id("name"))).sendKeys("Some Name"); ``` When I run the test it throws the following exception: ``` WebDriverException: unknown error: cannot focus element ``` So, I have been searching for a solution. There are some issues reported in chromium google code site. There are a lot of suggestions about using `JavaScriptExecutor`. But it doesn't seem a better solution for me, because it could make a browser dependent code.

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