function for switching frames in python, selenium
I'm looking for a function that makes it easier to switch between two frames. Right now, every time I need to switch between frames, I'm doing this by the following code:
driver.switch_to.frame(driver.find_element_by_css_selector("frame[name='nav']"))
driver.switch_to.frame(driver.find_element_by_css_selector("frame[name='content']"))
My goal is to get a function that takes an argument just to change nav or content since the rest is basically the same.
What I've already tried is:
def frame_switch(content_or_nav):
x = str(frame[name=str(content_or_nav)] #"frame[name='content_or_nav']"
driver.switch_to.frame(driver.find_element_by_css_selector(x))
But it gives me an error
x = str(frame[name=str(content_or_nav)]
^
SyntaxError: invalid syntax
Solution 1:
The way this is written, it's trying to parse CSS code as Python code. You don't want that.
This function is suitable:
def frame_switch(css_selector):
driver.switch_to.frame(driver.find_element_by_css_selector(css_selector))
If you are just trying to switch to the frame based on the name
attribute, then you can use this:
def frame_switch(name):
driver.switch_to.frame(driver.find_element_by_name(name))
To switch back to the main window, you can use
driver.switch_to.default_content()