Check if element is clickable in Selenium Java

Question

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

User · Answer

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);

User · Answer

There are instances when element isDisplayed    amp  amp  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     lt div class  footer  gt     lt  div gt     Use this code instead   WebElement  element driver findElement By xpath       JavascriptExecutor ex  JavascriptExecutor driver  ex executeScript  arguments 0  click     element     It will work

User · Answer

List lt WebElement gt  wb driver findElements By xpath newXpath            for WebElement we  wb               if we isDisplayed    amp  amp  we isEnabled                                  we click                    break

User · Answer

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    amp  amp  element isEnabled          element click

User · Answer

the class attribute contains disabled when the element is not clickable  WebElement webElement   driver findElement By id  quot elementId quot     if  webElement getAttribute  quot class quot   contains  quot disabled quot         webElement click

User · Answer

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    x000D   x000D  public static ExpectedCondition lt WebElement gt  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  amp  amp  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     x000D   x000D   x000D

User · Answer

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

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