title: Automating Gmail to send mail using java and Selenium WebDriver with added signature text
body: <p>I was automating Gmail to send a mail with attachment. The mail contains the in-build signature text of the sender. Every time when I want to type anything in the mail body, the text appears always after the "Regards" and name field. Below is my code.</p>
  
  <pre><code>driver.findElement(By.xpath(".//*[text()= 'COMPOSE']")).click();
  wait.until(ExpectedConditions.elementToBeClickable(By.xpath(".//textarea[contains(@aria-label, 'To')]")));
  driver.findElement(By.xpath(".//textarea[contains(@aria-label, 'To')]")).click();
  driver.findElement(By.xpath(".//textarea[contains(@aria-label, 'To')]")).sendKeys("abcd@gmail.com");
  driver.findElement(By.name("subjectbox")).click();
  driver.findElement(By.name("subjectbox")).sendKeys("efgh");
  driver.findElement(By.xpath("(.//*[@aria-label='Message Body'])[2]")).click();
  driver.findElement(By.xpath("(.//*[@aria-label='Message Body'])[2]")).sendKeys("This is an auto-generated mail");
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>One solution I am using is as below:</p>
  
  <pre><code>driver.findElement(By.xpath("(.//*[@aria-label='Message Body'])[2]")).click();
  String s = "Sir,\n This is a auto generated email. \n\n" 
      + driver.findElement(By.xpath("(.//*[@aria-label='Message Body'])[2]")).getText();
  driver.findElement(By.xpath("(.//*[@aria-label='Message Body'])[2]")).clear();
  driver.findElement(By.xpath("(.//*[@aria-label='Message Body'])[2]")).sendKeys(s);
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>instead of these two line:
      driver.findElement(By.xpath("(.//<em>[@aria-label='Message Body'])[2]")).click();
      driver.findElement(By.xpath("(.//</em>[@aria-label='Message Body'])[2]")).sendKeys("This is an auto-generated mail");</p>
  
  <p>But this solution actually removes all the format of that signature text. Even with signature text, I am not able to get the xpath of the text box using Firebug, I have to delete the complete signature text to get those.
  I am a beginner in this automation field. Please help how can I write the text in the mail body before the signature text.</p>