How to get WebDriver using Python to delete an existing value in the table of a confluence page?











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Here's what the HTML code looks like for a confluence page:



tbody
tr
td
some text here


tr
td some text here

tr
td
<span>some text here</span>


If I click on a element and then do a send_keys("XYZ") then all that goes into the middle of the existing text. For example, it can result in any of the following:



soXYZme text here
some tXYZext here
soXYZme text hXYZere


I've also tried double-clicking on the element but that doesn't work properly either. That deletes some part of the existing text only.



How do I clear the existing value in the td element knowing that there's no "input" tag anywhere here. Hence, I cannot use WebDriver's clear() method.



Edit: Please note that sometimes the cells will have a blank value too.










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    Here's what the HTML code looks like for a confluence page:



    tbody
    tr
    td
    some text here


    tr
    td some text here

    tr
    td
    <span>some text here</span>


    If I click on a element and then do a send_keys("XYZ") then all that goes into the middle of the existing text. For example, it can result in any of the following:



    soXYZme text here
    some tXYZext here
    soXYZme text hXYZere


    I've also tried double-clicking on the element but that doesn't work properly either. That deletes some part of the existing text only.



    How do I clear the existing value in the td element knowing that there's no "input" tag anywhere here. Hence, I cannot use WebDriver's clear() method.



    Edit: Please note that sometimes the cells will have a blank value too.










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      Here's what the HTML code looks like for a confluence page:



      tbody
      tr
      td
      some text here


      tr
      td some text here

      tr
      td
      <span>some text here</span>


      If I click on a element and then do a send_keys("XYZ") then all that goes into the middle of the existing text. For example, it can result in any of the following:



      soXYZme text here
      some tXYZext here
      soXYZme text hXYZere


      I've also tried double-clicking on the element but that doesn't work properly either. That deletes some part of the existing text only.



      How do I clear the existing value in the td element knowing that there's no "input" tag anywhere here. Hence, I cannot use WebDriver's clear() method.



      Edit: Please note that sometimes the cells will have a blank value too.










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      Here's what the HTML code looks like for a confluence page:



      tbody
      tr
      td
      some text here


      tr
      td some text here

      tr
      td
      <span>some text here</span>


      If I click on a element and then do a send_keys("XYZ") then all that goes into the middle of the existing text. For example, it can result in any of the following:



      soXYZme text here
      some tXYZext here
      soXYZme text hXYZere


      I've also tried double-clicking on the element but that doesn't work properly either. That deletes some part of the existing text only.



      How do I clear the existing value in the td element knowing that there's no "input" tag anywhere here. Hence, I cannot use WebDriver's clear() method.



      Edit: Please note that sometimes the cells will have a blank value too.







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          I was editing confluence cells using ActionChains. And ActionChains, for some reason doesn't provide the clear() method.



          However, I was able to solve this problem by directly calling the webdriver instance's clear function. So my code looks something like this for confluence:



          actions = ActionChains(driver)

          #ACTIONCHAINS DOES NOT HAVE A CLEAR FUNCTION
          driver.find_element_by_xpath("(//td[contains(@class, 'confluenceTd')])[{0}]".format(i) ).clear()

          actions.move_to_element(driver.find_element_by_xpath("(//td[contains(@class, 'confluenceTd')])[{0}]".format(i)))
          actions.double_click()
          actions.send_keys("SOME DATA")
          actions.perform()





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            I was editing confluence cells using ActionChains. And ActionChains, for some reason doesn't provide the clear() method.



            However, I was able to solve this problem by directly calling the webdriver instance's clear function. So my code looks something like this for confluence:



            actions = ActionChains(driver)

            #ACTIONCHAINS DOES NOT HAVE A CLEAR FUNCTION
            driver.find_element_by_xpath("(//td[contains(@class, 'confluenceTd')])[{0}]".format(i) ).clear()

            actions.move_to_element(driver.find_element_by_xpath("(//td[contains(@class, 'confluenceTd')])[{0}]".format(i)))
            actions.double_click()
            actions.send_keys("SOME DATA")
            actions.perform()





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              I was editing confluence cells using ActionChains. And ActionChains, for some reason doesn't provide the clear() method.



              However, I was able to solve this problem by directly calling the webdriver instance's clear function. So my code looks something like this for confluence:



              actions = ActionChains(driver)

              #ACTIONCHAINS DOES NOT HAVE A CLEAR FUNCTION
              driver.find_element_by_xpath("(//td[contains(@class, 'confluenceTd')])[{0}]".format(i) ).clear()

              actions.move_to_element(driver.find_element_by_xpath("(//td[contains(@class, 'confluenceTd')])[{0}]".format(i)))
              actions.double_click()
              actions.send_keys("SOME DATA")
              actions.perform()





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                I was editing confluence cells using ActionChains. And ActionChains, for some reason doesn't provide the clear() method.



                However, I was able to solve this problem by directly calling the webdriver instance's clear function. So my code looks something like this for confluence:



                actions = ActionChains(driver)

                #ACTIONCHAINS DOES NOT HAVE A CLEAR FUNCTION
                driver.find_element_by_xpath("(//td[contains(@class, 'confluenceTd')])[{0}]".format(i) ).clear()

                actions.move_to_element(driver.find_element_by_xpath("(//td[contains(@class, 'confluenceTd')])[{0}]".format(i)))
                actions.double_click()
                actions.send_keys("SOME DATA")
                actions.perform()





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                I was editing confluence cells using ActionChains. And ActionChains, for some reason doesn't provide the clear() method.



                However, I was able to solve this problem by directly calling the webdriver instance's clear function. So my code looks something like this for confluence:



                actions = ActionChains(driver)

                #ACTIONCHAINS DOES NOT HAVE A CLEAR FUNCTION
                driver.find_element_by_xpath("(//td[contains(@class, 'confluenceTd')])[{0}]".format(i) ).clear()

                actions.move_to_element(driver.find_element_by_xpath("(//td[contains(@class, 'confluenceTd')])[{0}]".format(i)))
                actions.double_click()
                actions.send_keys("SOME DATA")
                actions.perform()






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