selenium.common.exceptions.NoSuchWindowException: Message: no such window error clicking an element within an iframe using Selenium and Python

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I'm starting with Selenium and have a question, basically I don't understand why when I switch to an iframe and select one of the elements I constantly get:

selenium.common.exceptions.NoSuchWindowException: Message: no such window
  (Session info: chrome=84.0.4147.89)

This is the relevan code, firstly I click on some element of the DOM containing the iframe that actually updates the iframe content and then select the iframe, switch to it and then select the element I want inside the HTML content of the iframe

# Select the item on main DOM that will udpate the iframe contents
bandeja = driver.find_element_by_xpath("//*[@id='sm20']")
bandeja.click()
# Tried sleeping, but also WedDriverWait to no avails...
time.sleep(3)
# Get the frame that actually has the content
frame = driver.find_element(by=By.NAME, value="ifrInterior")
driver.switch_to.frame(frame)
# Select the element inside the iframe and click
equipo = driver.find_element_by_xpath("//input[@name='gestionesPropias_Equipo']")
equipo.click()

Now if I debug this, I don't get the error above, and I can see there element has been selected...but upon click nothing happens

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This is the expected element, even checked the screenshot in base64 and it looks ok, it's a radio input button...just wondering why click doesn't work??

UPDATE: Based on response from @DebanjanB I used his sugestion and this works but the button does not get clicked

Upon clicking there should a new drop down be enabled

This is the radio button:

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When clicked this drop-down is enabled:

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The relevant code about this element

<span id="filtroAsignado" class="W30">
            
    <select name="nuumaAsignado" class="W84">       
        <option value="">[Todo mi equipo]</option></select>
            
</span>

So now I wonder why this does not get clicked?

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pythonseleniumxpathiframecss-selectors
Are you getting the error in line driver.find_element_by_xpath("//input[@name='gestionesPropias_Equipo']")? - supputuri
@supputuri nope, actually is when I do the click equipo.click() - AlejandroVK

1 Answers

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As the desired element is within an <iframe> so you have to:

  • Induce WebDriverWait for the desired frame to be available and switch to it.

  • Induce WebDriverWait for the desired element to be clickable.

  • You can use the following based Locator Strategy:

  • Using CSS_SELECTOR:

    # Select the item on main DOM that will udpate the iframe contents
WebDriverWait(driver, 20).until(EC.element_to_be_clickable((By.CSS_SELECTOR, "#sm20"))).click()
# Don't sleep, but only WedDriverWait...
WebDriverWait(driver, 20).until(EC.frame_to_be_available_and_switch_to_it((By.CSS_SELECTOR,"iframe[value='ifrInterior']")))
# Select the element inside the iframe and click
WebDriverWait(driver, 20).until(EC.element_to_be_clickable((By.CSS_SELECTOR, "input[name='gestionesPropias_Equipo']"))).click()

  • Using XPATH:

    # Select the item on main DOM that will udpate the iframe contents
WebDriverWait(driver, 20).until(EC.element_to_be_clickable((By.XPATH, "//*[@id='sm20']"))).click()
# Don't sleep, but only WedDriverWait...
WebDriverWait(driver, 20).until(EC.frame_to_be_available_and_switch_to_it((By.XPATH,"//iframe[@value='ifrInterior']")))
# Select the element inside the iframe and click
WebDriverWait(driver, 20).until(EC.element_to_be_clickable((By.XPATH, "//input[@name='gestionesPropias_Equipo']"))).click()

  • Note : You have to add the following imports :

    from selenium.webdriver.support.ui import WebDriverWait
from selenium.webdriver.common.by import By
from selenium.webdriver.support import expected_conditions as EC

Reference

You can find a couple of relevant discussions in:

tl; dr

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