[java] Check if element is clickable in Selenium Java

I'm new to Selenium and need to check if element is clickable in Selenium Java, since element.click() passes both on link and label.

I tried using below code but not working:

WebDriverWait wait = new WebDriverWait(Scenario1Test.driver, 10);

if(wait.until(ExpectedConditions.elementToBeClickable(By.xpath("(//div[@id='brandSlider']/div[1]/div/div/div/img)[50]")))==null)

From the source code you will be able to view that, ExpectedConditions.elementToBeClickable(), it will judge the element visible and enabled, so you can use isEnabled() together with isDisplayed(). Following is the source code.

public static ExpectedCondition<WebElement> elementToBeClickable(final WebElement element) {_x000D_
  return new ExpectedCondition() {_x000D_
   public WebElement apply(WebDriver driver) {_x000D_
    WebElement visibleElement = (WebElement) ExpectedConditions.visibilityOf(element).apply(driver);_x000D_
_x000D_
    try {_x000D_
     return visibleElement != null && visibleElement.isEnabled() ? visibleElement : null;_x000D_
    } catch (StaleElementReferenceException arg3) {_x000D_
     return null;_x000D_
    }_x000D_
   }_x000D_
_x000D_
   public String toString() {_x000D_
    return "element to be clickable: " + element;_x000D_
   }_x000D_
  };_x000D_
 }

the class attribute contains disabled when the element is not clickable.

WebElement webElement = driver.findElement(By.id("elementId"));
if(!webElement.getAttribute("class").contains("disabled")){
    webElement.click();
}

List<WebElement> wb=driver.findElements(By.xpath(newXpath));
        for(WebElement we: wb){
            if(we.isDisplayed() && we.isEnabled())
            {
                we.click();
                break;
            }
        }
    }

wait.until(ExpectedConditions) won't return null, it will either meet the condition or throw TimeoutException.

You can check if the element is displayed and enabled

WebElement element = driver.findElement(By.xpath);
if (element.isDisplayed() && element.isEnabled()) {
    element.click();
}

There are certain things you have to take care:

• WebDriverWait inconjunction with ExpectedConditions as elementToBeClickable() returns the WebElement once it is located and clickable i.e. visible and enabled.
• In this process, WebDriverWait will ignore instances of NotFoundException that are encountered by default in the until condition.
• Once the duration of the wait expires on the desired element not being located and clickable, will throw a timeout exception.
• The different approach to address this issue are:

  • To invoke click() as soon as the element is returned, you can use:

    new WebDriverWait(driver, 10).until(ExpectedConditions.elementToBeClickable(By.xpath("(//div[@id='brandSlider']/div[1]/div/div/div/img)[50]"))).click();
    

  • To simply validate if the element is located and clickable, wrap up the WebDriverWait in a try-catch{} block as follows:

    try {
           new WebDriverWait(driver, 10).until(ExpectedConditions.elementToBeClickable(By.xpath("(//div[@id='brandSlider']/div[1]/div/div/div/img)[50]")));
           System.out.println("Element is clickable");
         }
    catch(TimeoutException e) {
           System.out.println("Element isn't clickable");
        }
    

  • If WebDriverWait returns the located and clickable element but the element is still not clickable, you need to invoke executeScript() method as follows:

    WebElement element = new WebDriverWait(driver, 10).until(ExpectedConditions.elementToBeClickable(By.xpath("(//div[@id='brandSlider']/div[1]/div/div/div/img)[50]"))); 
    ((JavascriptExecutor)driver).executeScript("arguments[0].click();", element);
    

There are instances when element.isDisplayed() && element.isEnabled() will return true but still element will not be clickable, because it is hidden/overlapped by some other element.

In such case, Exception caught is:

org.openqa.selenium.WebDriverException: unknown error: Element is not clickable at point (781, 704). Other element would receive the click: <div class="footer">...</div>

Use this code instead:

WebElement  element=driver.findElement(By.xpath"");  
JavascriptExecutor ex=(JavascriptExecutor)driver;
ex.executeScript("arguments[0].click()", element);

It will work.

elementToBeClickable is used for checking an element is visible and enabled such that you can click it.

ExpectedConditions.elementToBeClickable returns WebElement if expected condition is true otherwise it will throw TimeoutException, It never returns null.

So if your using ExpectedConditions.elementToBeClickable to find an element which will always gives you the clickable element, so no need to check for null condition, you should try as below :-

WebDriverWait wait = new WebDriverWait(Scenario1Test.driver, 10); 
WebElement element = wait.until(ExpectedConditions.elementToBeClickable(By.xpath("(//div[@id='brandSlider']/div[1]/div/div/div/img)[50]")));
element.click();

As you are saying element.click() passes both on link and label that's doesn't mean element is not clickable, it means returned element clicked but may be there is no event performs on element by click action.

Note:- I'm suggesting you always try first to find elements by id, name, className and other locator. if you faced some difficulty to find then use cssSelector and always give last priority to xpath locator because it is slower than other locator to locate an element.

Hope it helps you..:)