No Fields Found for Google Chrome Action

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#1

Using

  • Keyboard Maestro Version 9.2
  • macOS Catalina 10.15.7
  • Google Chrome 88.0.4324.96

I am trying to use Set Field to Text using Google Chrome.

I find myself unable to use "Set Google Chrome Field to Text" because the dropdown for fields is not populated. Rather, it contains the message "No Fields Found":

Google Chrome
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As suggested in the troubleshooting guide, I have restarted Keyboard Maestro, Chrome and also the entire machine.

When researching on the forum, I saw that this has not worked for somebody else back in December, but was not solved back then. They instead used Safari, which also works for me:

Safari
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Unfortunately, the website I intend to use it with does not support Safari.@ccstone mentioned Chrome worked on one of this machines, but unfortunately has not come back to report on the other. They also did not include any version numbers, so really there is no way for me to know.

Regarding the other common causes mentioned in the troubleshooting guide:

What are my next troubleshooting steps?

Set Safari Field Command Not Working
#2

Hey @eriDerGO,

Unfortunately you don't have any.

I've updated the post you mention:

I Don’t Get How “Set Google Chrome Field to Text” Works

The problem is that HTML/JavaScript is very complex, and it is not possible for Keyboard Maestro to detect every possible permutation of text field.

So – you now have to decide how badly you want to do this, because you're only recourse is to use Chrome's development tools and suss out the address of the field yourself.

Right-click on the field and select “Inspect” from the contextual-menu.

The the fun begins...

If you're lucky you can right-click on the selected element in the code-inspector – copy the Xpath – and have it work in the Keyboard Maestro action.

-Chris

#3

Thanks for your reply! And not a problem: I'm not afraid to get my hands dirty :slight_smile:

But just to make sure ... you are saying that this only indicates automatic extraction of fields is not working, but controlling it will work nonetheless? Those two do not necessarily share the same fate?

#4

Correct.

Keyboard Maestro is simply performing a JavaScript on the front browser page – much as you would from the browser console.

If you can provide the correct address to the field JavaScript will find it.

For a simple test try the search field on the Google home page:

If for some unknown reason this fails then you'd have to resort to the full-fledged Execute a JavaScript in Front Browser action and write the entire JavaScript yourself.

If the page you're working with is public then post it here, and we'll be able to help you.

-Chris

#5

Enabling JavaScript from AppleScript in Chrome solved this for me.

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