having an issue with clicking on ID in a webpage

hi all,

I am using webdriver with python. the script i am working on is supposed to login to hotmail.com, click on inbox, click on New (to compose mail), compose a mail and send the message.

however it fails when i try to click on New (to open the new mail window).
(BTW it works on selenium IDE)

here is the HTML of hotmail.com :

Code:


<ul id="InboxToolbar" class="FloatLeft" style="width: 462px;">
<li class="ToolbarItem ToolbarItemFirst" aid="newMsg">
<a id="NewMessage" href="#" title="Write a new message (Ctrl+N)">
<span class="Label">New</span>


i have tried :
find_element_by_class_name
find_element_by_css_selector
find_element_by_id
find_element_by_link_text
find_element_by_name
find_element_by_partial_link_text
find_element_by_tag_name
find_element_by_xpath

all fail with error : Unable to locate element : ....
i also tried using the implicitly_wait method - nothing works.

any ideas guys? (and girls?)

Is this element in a css menu which drops down after you hover mouse over it?
If yes, then you will have to use another techniue

If no, then is this inside a frame?

Regards
Ashish
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Hi Ashish,

i was able to solve the issue using the "switch_to_frame" command.

thanks for your reply.

BTW, do you know where can i get the complete list of selenium webdriver commands in python?

regards,

Happy Tester.