How to send text to some HTML elements through Selenium VBA?

Question

I have been having trouble on referring to a search box on a website through Selenium in VBA. The HTML code of the box is:

Answer 1

To send a character sequence within the desired element you can use either of the following Locator Strategies:

• Using FindElementByCss:

  bot.FindElementByCss("input.form-control.input-sm[aria-controls='result_table']").SendKeys ("werresf")
  

• Using FindElementByXPath:

  bot.FindElementByXPath("//input[@class='form-control input-sm' and @aria-controls='result_table']").SendKeys ("werresf")
  

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Reference

You can find a couple of relevant discussions in:

• Trying to fill text in input box with dynamic drop down
• Need help to fill number into Chrome input box with Selenium