Selenium Web driver - selenium-webdriver

Question

Hi i'm getting error while running Selenium web driver , please help to resolve
Exception in thread "main" org.openqa.selenium.WebDriverException:
Element must be user-editable in order to clear it. Command duration
or timeout: 103 milliseconds Build info: version: '2.53.0', revision:
'35ae25b', time: '2016-03-15 17:00:58' System info: host: 'anil-PC',
ip: '192.168.0.131', os.name: 'Windows Vista', os.arch: 'x86',
os.version: '6.0', java.version: '1.7.0-ea' Session ID:
0736ad53-a638-44e4-a24a-bcda63bb6f4e Driver info:
org.openqa.selenium.firefox.FirefoxDriver Capabilities
[{platform=WINDOWS, acceptSslCerts=true, javascriptEnabled=true,
browserName=firefox, rotatable=false, locationContextEnabled=true,
version=43.0.1, cssSelectorsEnabled=true, databaseEnabled=true,
handlesAlerts=true, nativeEvents=false, webStorageEnabled=true,
applicationCacheEnabled=true, takesScreenshot=true}] at
sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance0(Native Method)
at
sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.java:57)
at
sun.reflect.DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.java:45)
at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Constructor.java:531)
at
org.openqa.selenium.remote.ErrorHandler.createThrowable(ErrorHandler.java:206)
at
org.openqa.selenium.remote.ErrorHandler.throwIfResponseFailed(ErrorHandler.java:158)
at
org.openqa.selenium.remote.RemoteWebDriver.execute(RemoteWebDriver.java:678)
at
org.openqa.selenium.remote.RemoteWebElement.execute(RemoteWebElement.java:327)
at
org.openqa.selenium.remote.RemoteWebElement.clear(RemoteWebElement.java:140)
at demo.TestFB.main(TestFB.java:26) Caused by:
org.openqa.selenium.WebDriverException: Element must be user-editable
in order to clear it. Build info: version: '2.53.0', revision:
'35ae25b', time: '2016-03-15 17:00:58' System info: host: 'anil-PC',
ip: '192.168.0.131', os.name: 'Windows Vista', os.arch: 'x86',
os.version: '6.0', java.version: '1.7.0-ea' Driver info:
driver.version: unknown at .bot.Error(file:///C:/Users/anil/AppData/Local/Temp/anonymous9127022654718385403webdriver-profile/extensions/fxdriver#googlecode.com/components/command-processor.js:681)
at .bot.action.clear(file:///C:/Users/anil/AppData/Local/Temp/anonymous9127022654718385403webdriver-profile/extensions/fxdriver#googlecode.com/components/command-processor.js:11685)
at .WebElement.clearElement(file:///C:/Users/anil/AppData/Local/Temp/anonymous9127022654718385403webdriver-profile/extensions/fxdriver#googlecode.com/components/command-processor.js:12136)
at .DelayedCommand.prototype.executeInternal_/h(file:///C:/Users/anil/AppData/Local/Temp/anonymous9127022654718385403webdriver-profile/extensions/fxdriver#googlecode.com/components/command-processor.js:12661)
at .DelayedCommand.prototype.executeInternal_(file:///C:/Users/anil/AppData/Local/Temp/anonymous9127022654718385403webdriver-profile/extensions/fxdriver#googlecode.com/components/command-processor.js:12666)
at .DelayedCommand.prototype.execute/<(file:///C:/Users/anil/AppData/Local/Temp/anonymous9127022654718385403webdriver-profile/extensions/fxdriver#googlecode.com/components/command-processor.js:12608)

Answer 1

You are calling clear() on an element that is not user editable, so an element that is not an input or textarea.
Element must be user-editable in order to clear it.
From the selenium java docs about clear()
/**
* If this element is a text entry element, this will clear the value. Has no effect on other
* elements. Text entry elements are INPUT and TEXTAREA elements.
*
* Note that the events fired by this event may not be as you'd expect. In particular, we don't
* fire any keyboard or mouse events. If you want to ensure keyboard events are fired, consider
* using something like {#link #sendKeys(CharSequence...)} with the backspace key. To ensure
* you get a change event, consider following with a call to {#link #sendKeys(CharSequence...)}
* with the tab key.
*/