driver.switchTo.activeElement() throws ClassCast exception (IE 10 & 11 especially, 32 bit IEDriver)

[irileydev]

Summary
Calls to driver.switchTo.activeELement() throws ClassCastExceptions

Setup
WebDriver Java Bindings 2.52.0
Affected Browsers: IE10 & 11 primarily (IEDriver 32 bit)

* Steps to Reproduce*
Attempts to switch to a modal using the call "driver.switchTo().activeElement();" throws the ClassCast Exception. Code snippet ...:

clickElement(driver, xButton); // which is really a call to driver.findElement(By) wrapped with a WebDriverWait
driver.switchTo().activeElement();

Actual Results
After the call to switch to the modal, we get:

java.lang.ClassCastException: com.google.common.collect.Maps$TransformedEntriesMap cannot be cast to org.openqa.selenium.WebElement
at org.openqa.selenium.remote.RemoteWebDriver$RemoteTargetLocator.activeElement(RemoteWebDriver.java:1045)
at com.automatedTesting.redesigned.pageObjects.NotesModal.closeNotesModal(NotesModal.java:87)
at com.automatedTesting.redesigned.testcases.Notes_testAddAcknowledgeButtonPresence.assertAddAcknowledgeBtnAbsence(Notes_testAddAcknowledgeButtonPresence.java:72)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source)
at org.junit.runners.model.FrameworkMethod$1.runReflectiveCall(FrameworkMethod.java:50)
at org.junit.internal.runners.model.ReflectiveCallable.run(ReflectiveCallable.java:12)
at org.junit.runners.model.FrameworkMethod.invokeExplosively(FrameworkMethod.java:47)
at org.junit.internal.runners.statements.InvokeMethod.evaluate(InvokeMethod.java:17)
at org.junit.internal.runners.statements.RunBefores.evaluate(RunBefores.java:26)
at org.junit.internal.runners.statements.RunAfters.evaluate(RunAfters.java:27)
at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner.runLeaf(ParentRunner.java:325)
at org.junit.runners.BlockJUnit4ClassRunner.runChild(BlockJUnit4ClassRunner.java:78)
at org.junit.runners.BlockJUnit4ClassRunner.runChild(BlockJUnit4ClassRunner.java:57)
at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner$3.run(ParentRunner.java:290)
at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner$1.schedule(ParentRunner.java:71)
at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner.runChildren(ParentRunner.java:288)
at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner.access$000(ParentRunner.java:58)
at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner$2.evaluate(ParentRunner.java:268)
at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner.run(ParentRunner.java:363)
at org.junit.runners.Suite.runChild(Suite.java:128)
at org.junit.runners.Suite.runChild(Suite.java:27)
at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner$3.run(ParentRunner.java:290)
at java.util.concurrent.Executors$RunnableAdapter.call(Unknown Source)
at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(Unknown Source)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(Unknown Source)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)

[acdcjunior]

@irileydev I think this problem is related to Selenium directly, no seleniumQuery. Isn't it? If so, this issue is better placed at https://github.com/SeleniumHQ/selenium (because we probably can't do much to work around it through seleniumQuery).

Would you agree?

[irileydev]

Haha, that's where I filed the issue? Yes, it is for the Selenium HQ; I'l
move it. Thanks.

On Mon, Mar 7, 2016 at 12:41 PM, acdcjunior notifications@github.com
wrote:

@irileydev https://github.com/irileydev I think this problem is related
to Selenium directly, no seleniumQuery. Isn't it? If so, this issue is
better placed at https://github.com/SeleniumHQ/selenium (because we
probably can't do much to work around it through seleniumQuery).

Would you agree?

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[acdcjunior]

I see you filed it at SeleniumHQ/selenium#1759. I'm closing this, ok? Thanks!

[irileydev]

No prob

On Mon, Mar 7, 2016 at 1:37 PM, acdcjunior notifications@github.com wrote:

Closed #132 #132.

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