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How to type text in input element in Selenium without finding the input element?

I have a python script that uses Selenium and, in the script, a Google Login (OAuth) button is clicked and a new window is displayed as shown below:
In the new window, thanks to the superb UX :P, the input element for the email field is already selected. Since the field is already selected, can I use Selenium to just start typing without finding the input element and using send_key?

Just switch to active element .switch_to.active_element :
element = driver.switch_to.active_element
element.send_keys('value')

from selenium.webdriver.common.action_chains import ActionChains
actions = ActionChains(driver)
actions.send_keys('hotmail.com')
actions.perform()
Try using action chains to send the keys over.

.click() and .send_keys() methods not being recognized Python Selenium

I'm using Selenium in Python to click a text entry field and write some text into it. Neither the .click() nor .send_keys() methods are being recognized. Can someone help with this?
Also, is there a way to stop Selenium from printing to the console automatically? My program is console-based and Selenium is writing things to an input() that I gave because it prints to the console.
Here is a code snippet:
url = "https://weather.com/weather/today/l/69ef4b6e85ca2de422bea7adf090b06c1516c53e3c4302a01b00ba763d49be65"
browser = webdriver.Edge("Web Scrapers\msedgedriver.exe")
browser.get(url)
textbox = browser.find_element_by_id("LocationSearch_input")
textbox.click()
textbox.send_keys(zipcode)
textbox.send_keys(Keys.ENTER)

you could try the explicitWait hope this will work for you
WebDriverWait(browser,10).until(EC.element_to_be_clickable((By.XPATH,"//input[#type='text']"))).send_keys("20874",Keys.RETURN)

I would suggest you to do it with explicit wait.
I am giving this answer, cause none of the answer's are really using Explicit waits with ID attribute :
driver.maximize_window()
driver.implicitly_wait(30)
driver.get("https://weather.com/weather/today/l/69ef4b6e85ca2de422bea7adf090b06c1516c53e3c4302a01b00ba763d49be65")
wait = WebDriverWait(driver, 10)
wait.until(EC.element_to_be_clickable((By.ID, "LocationSearch_input"))).send_keys('60007' + Keys.RETURN)
wait.until(EC.element_to_be_clickable((By.CSS_SELECTOR, "div[class^='CurrentConditions--dataWrapperInner']"))).click()
Imports :
from selenium.webdriver.support.ui import WebDriverWait
from selenium.webdriver.common.by import By
from selenium.webdriver.support import expected_conditions as EC

From what I can tell, everything is working fine here, however you are pointing your textbox variable to the wrong HTML element.
LocationSearch_input is a hidden label that isn't directly attached to the searchbox. I would try pointing it to
SearchInput--SearchInput--M7lKl SearchInput--enableSearchIcon--1Ugsx, one of the parent elements.

At least testing in firefox, it's a timing thing. The click works. The error of element not interactable (not reachable by keyboard) comes off of the send_keys line. If we wait after the click(), the element becomes reachable by keyboard.
The following could probably be refined (really don't like sleep, but sometimes it works), but works for me:
url = "https://weather.com/weather/today/l/69ef4b6e85ca2de422bea7adf090b06c1516c53e3c4302a01b00ba763d49be65"
browser.get(url)
browser.find_element_by_id('LocationSearch_input').click()
time.sleep(5)
browser.find_element_by_id('LocationSearch_input').send_keys('Boston')
At that point you need to click on whichever of the 10 options is what you really want.

Selenium can't find radio button

I'm automating the testing process we have in servicenow, but I can't select a radio button in a form. I've used multiple selectors to fix this but nothing has worked.
ServiceNow HTML:
these are the selectors I have used:
driver.find_element_by_css_selector('input[value="Add"]').click()
driver.find_element_by_xpath('//input[#value="Add"]').click()
None of these have worked and there's not iframe tag in the body to swicth to. Thank you!

The following are a few reasons why I couldn't find an element.
Currently on the wrong window/frame.
Synchronization issues - script is looking before the element has loaded. Solved with explicit waits. (see #cruisepandey's answer)
The element was different due to mobile vs desktop. Should be noticable if you disable headless. I advise dumping the HTML from selenium just to be sure.
When I'm unsure I'll start trying to find it's parent element, walking up the scope until I'm able to get a proper element. That's usually where I figure out what the problem was.
Can I find the parent label element?
Can I find the grandparent div element?
Can I find the greatgrandparent fieldset?
And so on...

You can try with expicit wait :
wait = WebDriverWait(driver, 10)
element = wait.until(EC.element_to_be_clickable((By.XPATH, "//input[#value='Add']")))
element.click()
Imports :
from selenium.webdriver.common.by import By
from selenium.webdriver.support.ui import WebDriverWait
from selenium.webdriver.support import expected_conditions as EC
Update 1 :
wait = WebDriverWait(driver, 10)
radioBtn = wait.until(EC.element_to_be_clickable((By.XPATH, "//input[#value='Add']")))
driver.execute_script("arguments[0].checked = true;", radioBtn)

Selenium Page down by ActionChains

I have a problem using function to scroll down using PageDown key via Selenium's ActionChains in python 3.5 on Ubuntu 16.04 x64.
What I want is that my program scrolls down by PageDown twice, so it reaches bottom at the end and so I can have selected element always visible.
Tried making another function using Keys.END, but it did not work, so I assume it has something to do with ActionChains not closing or something.
The function looks like this:
from selenium.webdriver.common.action_chains import ActionChains
...
def scrollDown(self):
body = browser.find_element_by_xpath('/html/body')
body.click()
ActionChains(browser).send_keys(Keys.PAGE_DOWN).perform()
and I use it in another file like this:
mod.scrollDown()
The first time I use it, it does scroll down as would if PageDown key would be pressed, while another time nothing happens.
It does not matter where i call it, the second (or third...) time it does not execute.
Tried doing it manually and pressed PageDown button twice, works as expected.
Console does not return any error not does the IDE.

Maybe, if it has to do with the action chains, you can just do it like this:
from selenium.webdriver.common.keys import Keys
body = browser.find_element_by_css_selector('body')
body.send_keys(Keys.PAGE_DOWN)
Hope it works!

I had to click on the body for the Keys.PAGE_DOWN to work but didn't need to use the action chain:
from selenium.webdriver.common.keys import Keys
body = driver.find_element_by_css_selector('body')
body.click()
body.send_keys(Keys.PAGE_DOWN)

#python
from selenium.webdriver.common.keys import Keys
driver.find_element_by_css_selector('body').send_keys(Keys.PAGE_DOWN)

Selenium/Python - hover and click on element

I'm running into an issue with my Selenium script on Python. In the javascript web application that I'm interacting with, an element I need to click doesn't exist until I hover over it. I've looked and found various answers on how to hover, but the sequence needs to include the clicking of a new element during the hover event. Here is the code I am currently working with. The element is renamed from add to add1 when a hover occurs, once add1 exists; I should be able to click/send.keys to execute said element.
...
driver = webdriver.Firefox()
from selenium.webdriver.common.action_chains import ActionChains
...
add = driver.find_element_by_css_selector('input.add')
Hover = ActionChains(driver).move_to_element(add)
Hover.perform()
SearchButton = driver.find_element_by_css_selector('input.add1')
SearchButton.click()
I'm new with Python and with programming in general, but I can't figure out how to sequence this correctly.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Following had worked for me, please give a try:
add = driver.find_element_by_css_selector('input.add')
SearchButton = driver.find_element_by_css_selector('input.add1')
Hover = ActionChains(driver).move_to_element(add).move_to_element(SearchButton)
Hover.click().build().perform()
I'm not sure about above Python code. But you can use above logic.

here another useful link
How to mouseover in python Webdriver
#TDHM
you should mention this below line to make it works
from selenium.webdriver.common.action_chains import ActionChains
thank you