[java] How to click an element in Selenium WebDriver using JavaScript

I have the following HTML:

<button name="btnG" class="gbqfb" aria-label="Google Search" id="gbqfb"><span class="gbqfi"></span></button>

My following code for clicking "Google Search" button is working well using Java in WebDriver.

driver.findElement(By.id("gbqfb")).click();

I want to use JavaScript with WebDriver to click the button. How can I do it?

Cross browser testing java scripts

public class MultipleBrowser {

    public WebDriver driver= null;
    String browser="mozilla";
    String url="https://www.omnicard.com";

    @BeforeMethod
    public void LaunchBrowser() {

        if(browser.equalsIgnoreCase("mozilla"))
            driver= new FirefoxDriver();
        else if(browser.equalsIgnoreCase("safari"))
            driver= new SafariDriver();
        else if(browser.equalsIgnoreCase("chrome"))
            //System.setProperty("webdriver.chrome.driver","/Users/mhossain/Desktop/chromedriver");
            driver= new ChromeDriver(); 
        driver.manage().timeouts().implicitlyWait(4, TimeUnit.SECONDS);
        driver.navigate().to(url);
    }

}

but when you want to run firefox you need to chrome path disable, otherwise browser will launch but application may not.(try both way) .

By XPath: inspect the element on target page, copy Xpath and use the below script:worked for me.

WebElement nameInputField = driver.findElement(By.xpath("html/body/div[6]/div[1]/div[3]/div/div/div[1]/div[3]/ul/li[4]/a"));
JavascriptExecutor executor = (JavascriptExecutor)driver;
executor.executeScript("arguments[0].click();", nameInputField);

You can't use WebDriver to do it in JavaScript, as WebDriver is a Java tool. However, you can execute JavaScript from Java using WebDriver, and you could call some JavaScript code that clicks a particular button.

WebDriver driver; // Assigned elsewhere
JavascriptExecutor js = (JavascriptExecutor) driver;
js.executeScript("window.document.getElementById('gbqfb').click()");

const {Builder, By, Key, util} = require('selenium-webdriver')

// FUNÇÃO PARA PAUSA
function sleep(ms) {
    return new Promise(resolve => setTimeout(resolve, ms));
}

async function example() {

    // chrome
    let driver = await new Builder().forBrowser("firefox").build()
    await driver.get('https://www.google.com.br')
    // await driver.findElement(By.name('q')).sendKeys('Selenium' ,Key.RETURN)

    await sleep(2000)

    await driver.findElement(By.name('q')).sendKeys('Selenium')

    await sleep(2000)

    // CLICAR
    driver.findElement(By.name('btnK')).click()


}
example()

Com essas últimas linhas, você pode clicar !

Here is the code using JavaScript to click the button in WebDriver:

WebDriver driver = new FirefoxDriver();
JavascriptExecutor jse = (JavascriptExecutor)driver;
jse.executeScript("document.getElementById('gbqfb').click();");

Not sure OP answer was really answered.

var driver = new webdriver.Builder().usingServer('serverAddress').withCapabilities({'browserName': 'firefox'}).build();

driver.get('http://www.google.com');
driver.findElement(webdriver.By.id('gbqfb')).click();

Another easiest solution is to use Key.RETUEN

Click here for solution in detail

driver.findElement(By.name("q")).sendKeys("Selenium Tutorial", Key.RETURN);

I know this isn't JavaScript, but you can also physically use the mouse-click to click a dynamic Javascript anchor:

public static void mouseClickByLocator( String cssLocator ) {
     String locator = cssLocator;
     WebElement el = driver.findElement( By.cssSelector( locator ) );
     Actions builder = new Actions(driver);
     builder.moveToElement( el ).click( el );
     builder.perform();
}

This code will perform the click operation on the WebElement "we" after 100 ms:

WebDriver driver = new FirefoxDriver();
JavascriptExecutor jse = (JavascriptExecutor)driver;

jse.executeScript("var elem=arguments[0]; setTimeout(function() {elem.click();}, 100)", we);