selenium 4.0: find_element returning dictionary instead of WebElement

[CandyLuWang]

Tested with Win App Driver 1.2.99 and Appium-Python-Client 2.0.0. Code: driver.find_element(By.XPATH, ) Return: {'ELEMENT': '42.1312384.4.2'}

Logs: self = <util.win_settings.Win10Settings object at 0x00000249E5A278B0> session = <appium.webdriver.webdriver.WebDriver (session="C3CA67AF-4207-48C4-A90E-0A345049DC16")>

def go_to_display_settings_page(self, session):
    jjj = session.find_element(By.XPATH, "//Window[@Name='Settings'][@AutomationId='TitleBar']/Button[@Name='Maximize Settings'][@AutomationId='Maximize']")

  jjj.click()

E AttributeError: 'dict' object has no attribute 'click'

I created this bug for selenium first: https://github.com/SeleniumHQ/selenium/issues/10079

Here is their reply:

[Ezzysci]

I'm having the same issue with your latest exe. I'm trying the calculator.py.

[casalribeiro]

Do you have planned Selenium 4 support?

[nagulan23]

Facing the same issue with appium 2.1.4 and selenoum 4.0.0. Any fix?

[KaikyuLotus]

Facing the same issue with Appium 2.2.0, Selenium 4.1.3 and WinAppDriver.exe 1.2.1

[HelenMMiao]

Facing the same issue with Appium 2.2.0, Selenium 4.1.5 and WinAppDriver.exe 1.2.1

[dscarr3000]

I've encountered the same issue, downgrading to Selenium 3.14 does seem to fix it. Otherwise a workaround is: item_dict = driver.find_element(AppiumBy.ACCESSIBILITY_ID, 'id') web_element_item = driver.create_web_element(list(item_dict.values())[0]) web_element_item.click()