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Trying to click on the message box for every new message window that pops up. However it seems as if the id changes every time. How do I get this to work for everytime a new message box pops up.

Here is what I tried:

passMessage = browser.find_element_by_css_selector('ember-text-area msg-messaging-form__message ember-view')

For example:

<textarea name="message" spellcheck="true" required="" placeholder="Write a message or attach a file" id="a11y-ember8470" class="ember-text-area msg-messaging-form__message ember-view"></textarea>

<textarea name="message" spellcheck="true" required="" placeholder="Write a message or attach a file" id="a11y-ember8492" class="ember-text-area msg-messaging-form__message ember-view"></textarea>

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It is a css class name, so you need a dot:

passMessage = browser.find_element_by_css_selector('.ember-text-area.msg-messaging-form__message.ember-view');

http://selenium-python.readthedocs.io/api.html#module-selenium.webdriver.common.action_chains

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I think you do remove spaces. Answer looks right to me.

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