Unable to find frame which exists in Selenium Python

Question

I am trying to select a frame using Selenium in Python. The webpage contains a number of frames which are nested under a frameset element. I tried selecting a frame with the name "fraMenu" using:

driver.switch_to.frame(driver.find_element_by_name("fraMenu"))

but I am getting the NoSuchElementException with the error message: Message: Unable to locate element: [name="fraMenu"]

The complete code is below:

    driver = webdriver.Firefox()

    driver.implicitly_wait(10)
    driver.maximize_window()        

    driver.get("someurl")

    # switch back to default frame
    driver.switch_to.default_content()

    # switch to frame with name fraMenu
    driver.switch_to.frame(driver.find_element_by_name("fraMenu"))

Does the frame have an ID? I'm pretty sure you can lookup the frame by ID — Mangohero1
– Mangohero1, Commented Aug 8, 2017 at 15:02
Possible duplicate of selecting an iframe using python selenium — JeffC
– JeffC, Commented Aug 8, 2017 at 17:01

Shubham Jain · Accepted Answer · 2017-08-08 15:59:43Z

You can actually select an iFrame using the below methods: -

frame(index)
frame(Name of Frame [or] Id of the frame)
frame(WebElement frameElement)
defaultContent()

So you can switch by passing the any above information about the frame. Yes you need to switch everytime according to require action

Example:-

driver.SwitchTo().Frame("top");

.... Perform your action on frame

driver.SwitchTo().defaultContent();

driver.SwitchTo().Frame("navigation");

.... Perform your action on frame

driver.SwitchTo().defaultContent();

....

Now you have to find the hierarchy of your nested frame and switch all one by one.

use chrome dev tools and select the element you can see the hierarchy .. just switch from parent to child till your element not reach. perform your operation and switch back to default

Example :-

Hope it will help you :)

PIERRE COIFFIER · Accepted Answer · 2017-08-08 15:41:09Z

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Did you try to wait some time before trying to find it? Maybe the frame didn't have time to load. I'd suggest you start with time.sleep(4) and if it works, then try to wait until the frame is loaded with an expected condition .

answered Aug 8, 2017 at 15:41

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