Accessing elements inside ShadowDom

Robot Framework
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Hi, I have a Python code to navigate through the ShadowDom but I don’t know how to code it in Robotframework. I got the first Shadow root element, but facing error in executing Javascript.

Python code :

def expand_shadow_element():
    # return a list of elements
    shadowRoot = driver.find_element(By.CSS_SELECTOR, "camos-html5client")
    shadowRoot = driver.execute_script('return arguments[0].shadowRoot', shadowRoot)
    executableShadow = shadowRoot.find_element(By.CSS_SELECTOR, "div#CHCArena")
    return executableShadow

Robotframework code :

Expand Shadow Element
    ${shadowRoot}=    Get WebElement     css=camos-html5client
    ${shadowRoot}=    Execute Javascript    return arguments[0].shadowRoot    ${shadowRoot}
    ${executableShadow}=    Get WebElement     css=div#CHCArena    ${shadowRoot}
    [Return]    ${executableShadow}

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One question:
Do you really need to use SeleniumLibrary?

Because Selenium 4 itself is bad with shadowDom and just the basic support for it and SeleniumLibrary has no features to support ShadowDom/WebComponents except of dom selector which is basically js.

Answer for ShadowRoot / ShadowDom / WebComponent automation is the playwright based Browser library.

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what you can do with the dom selector:

Click Element    dom:document.querySelector("camos-html5client").shadowRoot.querySelector("div#CHCArena")
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Hi @René, thanks for the code to select the shadow root element. It is working fine.

I want to access further the shadow dom elements using xpath

executableShadow = expand_shadow_element()
page_loaded = WebDriverWait(driver, 120).until(EC.element_to_be_clickable(executableShadow.find_element(By.XPATH, ".//*[@data-ctcwgtname = SelPlatform']/button")))
executableShadow.find_element(By.XPATH, ".//*[@data-ctcwgtname = 'SelPlatform']/button").click()
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@René Any help on this?