How to use SendKeys webdriver command in Rich Text editor that is located in iframe

Question

I'm facing the following problem. I am not able to type text in iframe in which there is a text editor: Below is theHTML code:

<iframe class="cke_wysiwyg_frame cke_reset" frameborder="0" style="width: 100%;  height: 100%;" aria-describedby="cke_39" title="Текстов редактор за форматиран текст,description1" src="" tabindex="0" allowtransparency="true">
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="bg" dir="ltr">
<head>
<body class="cke_editable cke_editable_themed cke_contents_ltr" contenteditable="true" spellcheck="false">
<p>
<br>
</p>
</body>
</html>
</iframe>

My test passed successfully and no text is written in the text editor:

WaitTool.waitForElementPresent(Browser.instance, By.tagName("iframe"), 10);
WebElement iframe = Browser.instance.findElement(By.tagName("iframe"));
Browser.instance.switchTo().frame(iframe);
WebElement description=Browser.instance.findElement(By.xpath("//body[@class='cke_editable cke_editable_themed cke_contents_ltr']"));
description.click();
description.sendKeys("someText");
Browser.instance.switchTo().defaultContent();

Meci Matt · Answer 1 · Aug 23, 2018

Send keys directly is the approach that you have tried but it did not work. Please make sure your locators to <iframe> and <body> are correct. Otherwise, I'd suggest using JavaScriptExecutor for more stable solutions.

Set innerHTML

WaitTool.waitForElementPresent(Browser.instance, By.className("cke_wysiwyg_frame"), 10);
WebElement iframe = Browser.instance.findElement(By.className("cke_wysiwyg_frame"));
Browser.instance.switchTo().frame(iframe);

WebElement description = Browser.instance.findElement(By.cssSelector("body"));
(JavascriptExecutor)Browser.instance.executeScript("arguments[0].innerHTML = '<h1>Set text using innerHTML</h1>'", description);

Use CKEditor's native API

// no need to switch iframe
(JavascriptExecutor)Browser.instance.executeScript("CKEDITOR.instances.ckeditor.setData('<h1>Native API text</h1> Editor')");