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How to find an element within a frame in IE?

Code trials:
driver.switchTo().frame(driver.findElement(By.xpath("//iframe[contains(#src,'path')]")));
driver.findElement(By.id());
Switching to Frame is may be successful but it didn't throw any NoSuchFrameException.
The same is working in Chrome and FireFox. But the same is not Working in IE (tried in IE9 and IE11).
WebDriver Used: IEDriverServer Ver: 3.12.0.0
Is it because of the Document mode? or due to any Page rendering issue?
In What Case will this happen?
HTML Source Code Link: Source Code
Tried to Find the id MF:txtentdon
I don't know if this is important or not, but It also throws HTTP Status: '404' -> incorrect JSON status mapping for 'stale element reference' (400 expected)
Error Stack Trace:
org.openqa.selenium.NoSuchElementException: Unable to find element with css selector == #MF\:txtentdon
For documentation on this error, please visit: http://seleniumhq.org/exceptions/no_such_element.html
Build info: version: '3.4.0', revision: 'unknown', time: 'unknown'
System info: host: 'N9776', ip: '172.29.18.139', os.name: 'Windows 7', os.arch: 'amd64', os.version: '6.1', java.version: '1.8.0_131'
Driver info: org.openqa.selenium.ie.InternetExplorerDriver
Capabilities [{proxy=Proxy(), acceptInsecureCerts=false, browserVersion=9, se:ieOptions={nativeEvents=true, browserAttachTimeout=0.0, ie.ensureCleanSession=false, elementScrollBehavior=0.0, enablePersistentHover=true, ie.browserCommandLineSwitches=, ie.forceCreateProcessApi=false, requireWindowFocus=false, initialBrowserUrl=http://localhost:6017/, ignoreZoomSetting=false, ie.fileUploadDialogTimeout=3000.0, ignoreProtectedModeSettings=false}, timeouts={implicit=0.0, pageLoad=300000.0, script=30000.0}, browserName=internet explorer, pageLoadStrategy=normal, javascriptEnabled=true, platformName=windows, setWindowRect=true, platform=ANY}]
Session ID: 48da0488-5d2e-46db-996e-77f27f26ff28
*** Element info: {Using=id, value=MF:txtentdon}
at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(Unknown Source)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Unknown Source)
at org.openqa.selenium.remote.http.W3CHttpResponseCodec.createException(W3CHttpResponseCodec.java:150)
at org.openqa.selenium.remote.http.W3CHttpResponseCodec.decode(W3CHttpResponseCodec.java:115)
at org.openqa.selenium.remote.http.W3CHttpResponseCodec.decode(W3CHttpResponseCodec.java:45)
at org.openqa.selenium.remote.HttpCommandExecutor.execute(HttpCommandExecutor.java:164)
at org.openqa.selenium.remote.service.DriverCommandExecutor.execute(DriverCommandExecutor.java:82)
at org.openqa.selenium.remote.RemoteWebDriver.execute(RemoteWebDriver.java:637)
at org.openqa.selenium.remote.RemoteWebDriver.findElement(RemoteWebDriver.java:410)
at org.openqa.selenium.remote.RemoteWebDriver.findElementById(RemoteWebDriver.java:453)
at org.openqa.selenium.By$ById.findElement(By.java:218)
at org.openqa.selenium.remote.RemoteWebDriver.findElement(RemoteWebDriver.java:402)

This error message...
org.openqa.selenium.NoSuchElementException: Unable to find element with css selector == #MF\:txtentdon
...implies that the InternetExplorerDriver server was unable to locate the desired element.
Your main issue seems to be the incompatibility between the version of the binaries you are using as follows:
You are using Selenium Java Client v3.4.0
You are using IEDriverServer v3.12.0.0
You are using JDK v1.8.0_131
So there is a clear mismatch between JDK v1.8.0-131, Selenium Client v3.4.0 and IEDriverServer v3.12.0.0.
Solution
While you work with Selenium Java Client, InternetExplorerDriver and Internet Explorer Browser ensure that:
You have fulfilled the Required Configuration as well as the additional considerations for Native Events and Browser Focus as per the documentation of InternetExplorerDriver.
You have upgraded JDK to recent levels JDK 8u171.
You have upgraded Selenium to current levels Version 3.12.0.
You have upgraded InternetExplorerDriver to current IEDriverServer v3.12.0 level.
Clean your Project Workspace through your IDE and Rebuild your project with required dependencies only.
Use CCleaner tool to wipe off all the OS chores before and after the execution of your test Suite.
Take a System Reboot.
Execute your #Test.
Always invoke driver.quit() within tearDown(){} method to close & destroy the WebDriver and Web Client instances gracefully.
A couple of additional facts you need to consider while switching frame to locate element:
Always induce WebDriverwait while switching to desired frame.
Once you switch to the desired frame induce WebDriverwait while you look out for the desired element.
As your desired element is having the attribute readOnly="readonly" so you need to use the ExpectedConditions as visibilityOfElementLocated() as follows:
So your effective code block will be:
new WebDriverWait(driver, 10).until(ExpectedConditions.frameToBeAvailableAndSwitchToIt(By.xpath("//iframe[contains(#src,'path')]")));
WebElement element = new WebDriverWait(driver, 20).until(ExpectedConditions.visibilityOfElementLocated(By.xpath("//input[#class='inputfld' and #id='MF:txtentdon']")));

You can try with this code :
driver.switchTo().frame(driver.findElement(By.xpath("//iframe[contains(#src,'path')]")));
System.err.println("inside frame");
WebElement element = new WebDriverWait(driver, 10).until(ExpectedConditions.elementToBeClickable(By.id("MF:txtentdon")));
Or
WebElement element = new WebDriverWait(driver, 10).until(ExpectedConditions.elementToBeClickable(By.name("MF:txtentdon")));

Selenium WebDriverException: unknown error: call function result missing 'value' using Java

I am getting the below exception when i am trying to run my first test case using selenium webdriver in java. Can someone help me out plssss.....
Starting ChromeDriver 2.33.506120 (e3e53437346286c0bc2d2dc9aa4915ba81d9023f) on port 48523
Only local connections are allowed.
log4j:WARN No appenders could be found for logger (org.apache.http.client.protocol.RequestAddCookies).
log4j:WARN Please initialize the log4j system properly.
log4j:WARN See http://logging.apache.org/log4j/1.2/faq.html#noconfig for more info.
Mar 29, 2018 7:34:16 AM org.openqa.selenium.remote.ProtocolHandshake createSession
INFO: Detected dialect: OSS
Exception in thread "main" org.openqa.selenium.WebDriverException: unknown error: call function result missing 'value'
(Session info: chrome=65.0.3325.181)
(Driver info: chromedriver=2.33.506120 (e3e53437346286c0bc2d2dc9aa4915ba81d9023f),platform=Windows NT 6.3.9600 x86_64) (WARNING: The server did not provide any stacktrace information)
Command duration or timeout: 31 milliseconds
Build info: version: '3.4.0', revision: 'unknown', time: 'unknown'
System info: host: 'NIL-MKODAGA-D13', ip: '172.16.20.242', os.name: 'Windows 8.1', os.arch: 'amd64', os.version: '6.3', java.version: '9.0.1'
Driver info: org.openqa.selenium.chrome.ChromeDriver
Capabilities [{applicationCacheEnabled=false, rotatable=false, mobileEmulationEnabled=false, networkConnectionEnabled=false, chrome= {chromedriverVersion=2.33.506120 (e3e53437346286c0bc2d2dc9aa4915ba81d9023f), userDataDir=C:\Users\mkodagan\AppData\Local\Temp\scoped_dir4652_10811}, takesHeapSnapshot=true, pageLoadStrategy=normal, databaseEnabled=false, handlesAlerts=true, hasTouchScreen=false, version=65.0.3325.181, platform=WIN8_1, browserConnectionEnabled=false, nativeEvents=true, acceptSslCerts=true, locationContextEnabled=true, webStorageEnabled=true, browserName=chrome, takesScreenshot=true, javascriptEnabled=true, cssSelectorsEnabled=true, setWindowRect=true, unexpectedAlertBehaviour=}]
Session ID: 1a39885769cc96406e2f2732c361c049
at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance0(Native Method)
at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(Unknown Source)
at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(Unknown Source)
at java.base/java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Unknown Source)
at org.openqa.selenium.remote.ErrorHandler.createThrowable(ErrorHandler.java:215)
at org.openqa.selenium.remote.ErrorHandler.throwIfResponseFailed(ErrorHandler.java:167)
at org.openqa.selenium.remote.RemoteWebDriver.execute(RemoteWebDriver.java:671)
at org.openqa.selenium.remote.RemoteWebElement.execute(RemoteWebElement.java:272)
at org.openqa.selenium.remote.RemoteWebElement.sendKeys(RemoteWebElement.java:96)
at com.ham.scripts.ClickOnAllLinks.main(ClickOnAllLinks.java:44)

The error says it all :
Exception in thread "main" org.openqa.selenium.WebDriverException: unknown error: call function result missing 'value'
(Session info: chrome=65.0.3325.181)
(Driver info: chromedriver=2.33.506120 (e3e53437346286c0bc2d2dc9aa4915ba81d9023f),platform=Windows NT 6.3.9600 x86_64)
Build info: version: '3.4.0', revision: 'unknown', time: 'unknown'
System info: host: 'NIL-MKODAGA-D13', ip: '172.16.20.242', os.name: 'Windows 8.1', os.arch: 'amd64', os.version: '6.3', java.version: '9.0.1'
Driver info: org.openqa.selenium.chrome.ChromeDriver
The error clearly says that the Selenium Client and ChromeDriver is not getting detected back as in :
Build info: version: '3.4.0', revision: 'unknown', time: 'unknown'
Driver info: org.openqa.selenium.chrome.ChromeDriver
Your main issue is the version compatibility between the binaries you are using as follows :
You are using chromedriver=2.33
Release Notes of chromedriver=2.33 clearly mentions the following :
Supports Chrome v60-62
You are using chrome=65.0
Release Notes of ChromeDriver v2.37 clearly mentions the following :
Supports Chrome v64-66
Your Selenium Client version is 3.4.0 of which is a bit older.
So there is a clear mismatch between the Selenium Client v3.4.0 , ChromeDriver version (v2.33) and the Chrome Browser version (v65.0)
Solution
Upgrade Selenium to current levels Version 3.11.0.
Upgrade ChromeDriver to current ChromeDriver v2.37 level.
Keep Chrome version at Chrome v65.x levels. (as per ChromeDriver v2.37 release notes)
Clean your Project Workspace through your IDE and Rebuild your project with required dependencies only.
Use CCleaner tool to wipe off all the OS chores before and after the execution of your test Suite.
If your base Web Client version is too old, then uninstall it through Revo Uninstaller and install a recent GA and released version of Web Client.
Take a System Reboot.
Execute your #Test.

As mentioned by #DebanjanB, the problem lies with chromedriver version. From the logs you can see that it uses chromedriver=2.33.506120 which is bit old. Check for the latest version from "https://sites.google.com/a/chromium.org/chromedriver/downloads".
I was also facing the same problem the problem could be solved by updating the chrome driver.
You could uses below approaches for solving it.
Running npm install -g chromedriver
Manually updating the chromedriver, I found the chromedriver being used by the appium resides in below location.
C:\Users\User-Name\AppData\Local\appium-desktop\app-1.5.0\resources\app\node_modules\appium\node_modules\appium-chromedriver\chromedriver\win.
Replace this chromedriver with the latest one and run your code. It should work fine.
Note: The location could be OS specific, so search for chromedriver exact location.

Unable to launch chrome from selenium, while using MAC system

MAC: 10.11.6,
Selenium: 2.53(Also tried with 3.4 and 3.8) &
Java 1.8
Driver settings tried:
String exePath ="/usr/local/Cellar/chromedriver/2.35/bin/chromedriver";
System.setProperty("webdriver.chrome.driver", exePath);
WebDriver driver = new ChromeDriver();
driver = new ChromeDriver(options);
Error stack trace:
Starting ChromeDriver 2.35.528157 (4429ca2590d6988c0745c24c8858745aaaec01ef) on port 14988
Only local connections are allowed.
Exception in thread "main" org.openqa.selenium.SessionNotCreatedException: session not created exception
from disconnected: unable to connect to renderer
(Session info: chrome=64.0.3282.140)
(Driver info: chromedriver=2.35.528157 (4429ca2590d6988c0745c24c8858745aaaec01ef),platform=Mac OS X 10.11.6 x86_64) (WARNING: The server did not provide any stacktrace information)
Command duration or timeout: 2.55 seconds
Build info: version: '2.53.1', revision: 'a36b8b1', time: '2016-06-30 17:32:46'
System info: host: '01hw382197', ip: '172.25.155.171', os.name: 'Mac OS X', os.arch: 'x86_64', os.version: '10.11.6', java.version: '1.8.0_111'
Driver info: org.openqa.selenium.chrome.ChromeDriver
at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.java:62)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.java:45)
at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Constructor.java:423)
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.RemoteWebDriver.startSession(RemoteWebDriver.java:249)
at org.openqa.selenium.remote.RemoteWebDriver.<init>(RemoteWebDriver.java:131)
at org.openqa.selenium.remote.RemoteWebDriver.<init>(RemoteWebDriver.java:144)
at org.openqa.selenium.chrome.ChromeDriver.<init>(ChromeDriver.java:170)
at org.openqa.selenium.chrome.ChromeDriver.<init>(ChromeDriver.java:159)
at org.openqa.selenium.chrome.ChromeDriver.<init>(ChromeDriver.java:116)
at dataAndConfig.DriverClass.getDriver(DriverClass.java:39)
at scriptsPostPaidWebApp.BillingPayNow.main(BillingPayNow.java:27)

Have a look at the following links:
https://github.com/SeleniumHQ/selenium/issues/4897
WebDriverError: disconnected: unable to connect to renderer
https://github.com/SeleniumHQ/selenium/issues/4979
First off you should make sure that your ChromeDriver supports your Chrome version. Since you are using ChromeDriver 2.3.5 and Google Chrome v64 you should be fine. (you still might want to upgrade your Selenium version)
According to the links posted above, you need to comment out every method that manipulates the window size of your browser in any way. e.g. setMaximize().
If that didnt work, you might want to give options.addArguments("no-sandbox"); a try.

Selenium standalone 2.45.0; Scripts crash Firefox 38.0.1

I have used 2.44 with an earlier version of Firefox - it was working fine.
FirefoxDriver ffd = new FirefoxDriver();
ffd.get("www.google.com");
Now, even this simple invocation throws an exception:
Exception in thread "main" org.openqa.selenium.WebDriverException: f.QueryInterface is not a function
Command duration or timeout: 190 milliseconds
Build info: version: '2.45.0', revision: '5017cb8', time: '2015-02-26 23:59:50'
System info: host: 'Shivam-PC', ip: '192.168.0.107', os.name: 'Windows 7', os.arch: 'x86', os.version: '6.1', java.version: '1.8.0_31'
Driver info: org.openqa.selenium.firefox.FirefoxDriver
Capabilities [{applicationCacheEnabled=true, rotatable=false, handlesAlerts=true, databaseEnabled=true, version=38.0.1, platform=WINDOWS, nativeEvents=false, acceptSslCerts=true, webStorageEnabled=true, locationContextEnabled=true, browserName=firefox, takesScreenshot=true, javascriptEnabled=true, cssSelectorsEnabled=true}]
Session ID: 19f3d00e-ad14-4fc8-9d29-cee47ae44186
at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(Unknown Source)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Unknown Source)
at org.openqa.selenium.remote.ErrorHandler.createThrowable(ErrorHandler.java:204)
at org.openqa.selenium.remote.ErrorHandler.throwIfResponseFailed(ErrorHandler.java:156)
at org.openqa.selenium.remote.RemoteWebDriver.execute(RemoteWebDriver.java:599)
at org.openqa.selenium.remote.RemoteWebDriver.get(RemoteWebDriver.java:304)
at sele.Sample.main(Sample.java:13)
Caused by: org.openqa.selenium.WebDriverException: f.QueryInterface is not a function
Build info: version: '2.45.0', revision: '5017cb8', time: '2015-02-26 23:59:50'
System info: host: 'Shivam-PC', ip: '192.168.0.107', os.name: 'Windows 7', os.arch: 'x86', os.version: '6.1', java.version: '1.8.0_31'
Driver info: driver.version: unknown
at <anonymous class>.FirefoxDriver.prototype.get(file:///C:/Users/Shivam/AppData/Local/Temp/anonymous4862788616202211612webdriver-profile/extensions/fxdriver#googlecode.com/components/driver-component.js:10132)
at <anonymous class>.DelayedCommand.prototype.executeInternal_/h(file:///C:/Users/Shivam/AppData/Local/Temp/anonymous4862788616202211612webdriver-profile/extensions/fxdriver#googlecode.com/components/command-processor.js:12274)
at <anonymous class>.DelayedCommand.prototype.executeInternal_(file:///C:/Users/Shivam/AppData/Local/Temp/anonymous4862788616202211612webdriver-profile/extensions/fxdriver#googlecode.com/components/command-processor.js:12279)
at <anonymous class>.DelayedCommand.prototype.execute/<(file:///C:/Users/Shivam/AppData/Local/Temp/anonymous4862788616202211612webdriver-profile/extensions/fxdriver#googlecode.com/components/command-processor.js:12221)

It seems to be common problem from version to version (I faced such kind of problem with FF v.36). Main work around is DO NOT update FF to the newest version (or downgrade if the worst already happened). If your tests work well with particular FF version -> stick with it at least till new version of WebDriver is released.
For myself the most reliable version is FF v.33.

It seems to me that the most robust solution for dealing with Selenium tests on Firefox is to stick with the latest ESR (Extended Support Release) which is mentioned in their CHANGELOG file. The Selenium team has to keep up with the changes introduced in Firefox and that may naturally lead to problems with the most recent versions here and there - not much has changed since the Selenium RC days in this respect.
Update 2016-01-18: There are now two ESR releases mentioned in the CHANGELOG, since with Firefox 33, support for native events has been dropped in favor of synthetic events. The wiki states:
Native events simulate the user interactions better whereas synthetic
events are platform independent, which can be important in Linux when
alternative window managers are used, see native events on Linux.
Native events should be used whenever it is possible.
So depending on your OS, you might try both versions to find the one better suited for you:
For native events: Firefox 31.7.0ESR
For synthetic events: Firefox 38.5.2ESR
Last mention was in Selenium 2.47.0 and included Firefox versions 31, 38 and 39.
If you want to use the latest ESR release no matter what, Mozilla provides a link for that, too.

It is due to your url...change it to http://www.google.com or https://www.google.com
Hope this fixes your problem...Kindly get back if you have any queries

get the following error on selenium

I get the following error on selenium,
I don't know how to fix it or what I should do,
unknown error: unhandled inspector error: {"code":-32603,"message":"Cannot navigate to invalid URL"}
(Session info: chrome=29.0.1547.57)
(Driver info: chromedriver=2.2,platform=Windows NT 6.1 SP1 x86_64) (WARNING: The server did not provide any stacktrace information)
Command duration or timeout: 3 milliseconds
Build info: version: '2.35.0', revision: 'c916b9d', time: '2013-08-12 15:42:01'
System info: os.name: 'Windows Server 2008 R2', os.arch: 'x86', os.version: '6.1', java.version: '1.7.0_04'
Session ID: 6c0f76e6f67873a6318edab1d66e4ccf
Driver info: org.openqa.selenium.chrome.ChromeDriver
Capabilities [{platform=XP, acceptSslCerts=true, javascriptEnabled=true, browserName=chrome, chrome={chromedriverVersion=2.2}, rotatable=false, locationContextEnabled=true, version=29.0.1547.57, cssSelectorsEnabled=true, databaseEnabled=true, handlesAlerts=true, browserConnectionEnabled=false, nativeEvents=true, webStorageEnabled=true, applicationCacheEnabled=false, takesScreenshot=true}]
Command duration or timeout: 2.27 seconds
please help

I too got this error "org.openqa.selenium.WebDriverException: unknown error: unhandled inspector error: {"code":-32000,"message":"Cannot navigate to invalid URL"}"
To remove hardcoded URL and calling a URL from a file
I defined like this - ex: url="https://test.com" then I got the above error, after so many research and failures - simply I removed double quotes...it worked
ex: url=https://test.com

It happens if you´re using relative path to open the link. You can use absolute path (starting with http://) or - if it is an internal link/button on the web - you can mapp it as WebElement and perform click() method.

We managed to overcome the above error by changing the initialization Url. but now we are experiencing a bunch of new issues the latest chrome version, latest chromedriver and latest selenium versions.
Everything is extremely slow and we get many timeout since than.