Find by - not working

ananth.mahadevanmura · November 13, 2018, 7:24am

Hi,
I am using the Community Edition to learn AE. However, I am getting stuck while performing the following task:

Open Internet Explorer/Firefox/Chrome.
Type https://google.com
Click on the search text box
Type some text like “Hello”
Hit “Enter” key or click on "Google search.
The last step is where I am running into issues. Whatever I tried is not working. I tried using various values for the “Find by” option such as: id, name, css3selector, manual, but none of them work.
Can someone tell me what I am doing wrong please?

Thanks,
Ananth.

sachin · November 13, 2018, 9:49am

Dear User,

Try to use Find By Name on Google search box and search button as shown in attached screenshots.

Thanks,
Sachin

ananth.mahadevanmura · November 13, 2018, 11:54am

Using name also does not work. Please see attached screenshot. I am trying to send a “Enter” button, but process is stuck at end of the word.

amit_anand15 · November 13, 2018, 12:25pm

Hi,
Configure your Google Srch Text box and srch btn as per screenshots below. This will resolve your issue

ananth.mahadevanmura · November 14, 2018, 8:41am

When you type in the Google search box, the “Google Search” button is hidden by the results. Only the button that appears below the search results can be clicked and even that is not working.

input type=“button” value=“Google Search” class=“lsb”

Can we have a call to get this resolved please?

amit_anand15 · November 14, 2018, 8:56am

Hi,

You don’t need to worry about auto suggestion population. In the screenshot above configure your text box and srch button in exactly same manner. I have verified the same in IE browser and it works.

ananth.mahadevanmura · November 14, 2018, 9:45am

I tried configuring the text as you had suggested and the click event worked. However, the enter button did not work. Can you tell me why? Screenshots are below:

amit_anand15 · November 14, 2018, 10:23am

Why are you using Send Keys activity. The same is not required.
Your use case is to set value in text field and then click on Search button. Configure Google Search button with the selector that have been shown in screenshot

ananth.mahadevanmura · November 14, 2018, 10:41am

But what if there is some other use case where I want to use the key? How can I make that work?

amit_anand15 · November 14, 2018, 12:47pm

Send Keys activity works best in chrome browser. If Send Keys is not working on some control or in particular use case you can look for an alternative way such as Java Script / image automation approach