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Selenium 4.5.0 | NotImplementedError when attempting actions on disabled elements

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Description

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Steps to reproduce the issue

Using selenium 4.5.0+

*** Settings ***
Library   SeleniumLibrary

*** Test Cases ***
Test Disabled Elements
    Open Browser   https://demos.jquerymobile.com/1.4.5/forms-disabled    browser=chrome
    Maximize Browser Window
    ${list_selection}=        Get Selected List Label   //select[@id='select-native-5']
    List Selection Should Be  //select[@id='select-native-5']      ${list_selection}

Error messages and additional information

NotImplementedError: Select element is disabled and may not be used.

This seems to be caused by a change in https://github.com/SeleniumHQ/selenium/issues/10812 (specifically https://github.com/SeleniumHQ/selenium/commit/e2bbb54153370ee56b43e7260aef5923ec826be4#diff-48418bfd0178cef4e4f71bf60506204d33e152281f0bb5a670b9295689b6e01e) and from the looks of the discussion it may not be changed unless there is good cause so I wanted to bring it up here in case there were opinions on the matter. This more than likely extends to quite a few keywords and I am not quite sure what the solution would be on the SeleniumLibrary side.

Expected behavior and actual behavior

We should be able to get the selected option regardless of whether the list is disabled or not. Using the previous selenium release (4.4.3) works just fine.

Environment

Browser: Chrome latest
Browser driver: chrome latest
Operating System: Windows 10
Libraries

  • Robot Framework: 5.0.1
  • Selenium: 4.5.0
  • SeleniumLibrary: 6.0.0
  • Interpreter: Python 3.9

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  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
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Research direction

Start by running the provided Robot Framework reproduction against Selenium 4.4.3 and 4.5.0, then review the linked Selenium issue and commit for the disabled-element behavior. Trace the SeleniumLibrary keyword used by Get Selected List Label and verify that the selected option can be read from a disabled list without breaking other actions.

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Assessment

Tech stack
python
Domain
testing-qa
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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