Exception in thread “main” org.openqa.selenium.NoSuchElementException: Unable to find element with css selector ==

Question

When I am trying to run the below mentioned Selenium web driver code in IE 11 browser, I get below error

Exception in thread "main" org.openqa.selenium.NoSuchElementException: Unable to find element with css selector == #text\-input\-what

Code:

   package com.indeed.tests;
   import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
   import org.openqa.selenium.By;
   import org.openqa.selenium.WebDriver;
   import org.openqa.selenium.ie.InternetExplorerDriver;

public class IndeedJobSearch {

public static void main(String[] args) {
    // TODO Auto-generated method stub
// Call the IE server to invoke IE browser
    System.setProperty("webdriver.ie.driver","C:\\Users\\paulso\\Desktop\\Testing\\Automation\\Selenium Automation\\IEDriverServer_Win32_3.14.0\\IEDriverServer.exe");  
 // Create Internet explorer driver to driver the browser
    WebDriver driver= new InternetExplorerDriver();
 // Maximize the window server.
    driver.manage().window().maximize();
 // Open Indeed home page
    driver.get("https://www.indeed.co.uk/");
    driver.manage().timeouts().implicitlyWait(10,TimeUnit.SECONDS);
 // Find What field and enter Selenium
    driver.findElement(By.id("text-input-what")).sendKeys("Selenium");
    }
   }

Error :(Console log)

Started InternetExplorerDriver server (32-bit)
3.14.0.0
Listening on port 8609
Only local connections are allowed
Sep 20, 2018 11:31:15 AM org.openqa.selenium.remote.ProtocolHandshake createSession
INFO: Detected dialect: W3C
Exception in thread "main" org.openqa.selenium.NoSuchElementException: Unable to find element with css selector == #text\-input\-what
For documentation on this error, please visit: http://seleniumhq.org/exceptions/no_such_element.html

Answer 1

driver.manage().timeouts().implicitlyWait(10,TimeUnit.SECONDS);

This sets the implicit wait timer to 10 seconds. If the element is not present after those 10 seconds, then you will receive an ElementNotFound exception. You would also get the exception if your selector does not work. Test the selector in DevTool's DOM explorer's search.

If the element is <input id="myInput"> then the following selectors will work:

• By.Id("myInput")
• By.CssSelector("#myInput")
• By.XPath("//*[@id='myInput']")