Switch to an iframe through Selenium and python

Question

How would I switch to this iframe in selenium knowing only

<iframe name="Dialogue Window">

Answer 1

As the iframe tag clearly shows the name as Dialogue Window, so here is the simple & minimal line of code to switch to the iframe:

• As the <iframe> contains the name attribute you can :

  driver.switch_to.frame("Dialogue Window")
  

• As an alternative you can switch with respect to the WebElement as follows :

  driver.switch_to.frame(driver.find_element_by_name('Dialogue Window'))
  

• To switch back to the Top Window you can use the following line of code:

  driver.switch_to.default_content() 
  

Answer 2

You can use an XPath to locate the <iframe>:

iframe = driver.find_element_by_xpath("//iframe[@name='Dialogue Window']")

Then switch_to the <iframe>:

driver.switch_to.frame(iframe)

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Here's how to switch back to the default content (out of the <iframe>):

driver.switch_to.default_content()