getEval returning null on Selenium even though javascript returns value in console

Question

I am running a getEval in Selenium with the following javascript:

document.getElementById("j_id0:j_id3:mainBlock:j_id40").children[0].children[0].children[0].children[0].children[0].children[0] .children[2].children[0].children[0].children[0] .children[0].children[1];

When I run the code in the console, it returns the correct result.

When I navigate to the page on which the element I need to locate exists and click the "find" button in Selenium, it finds and highlights the correct element. Hoever, when I actually run the line in Selenium - even when I navigate to the correct page and run ONLY that line - I get a message that says

[error]Threw an exception: document.getElementById(...)is null

How do I make this work correctly?

Santoshsarma · Accepted Answer · 2013-03-27 07:42:46Z

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Just include this.browserbot.getUserWindow() before your actual JS stament started and try.

selenium.getEval("this.browserbot.getUserWindow().document.getElementById("j_id0:j_id3:mainBlock:j_id40").children[0].children[0].children[0].children[0].children[0].children[0] .children[2].children[0].children[0].children[0] .children[0].children[1]")

answered Mar 27, 2013 at 7:42

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