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Unable to click web element by xpath via selenium chrome driver

Hellow, i have pop-up window with 'select' element in chrome browser, i need to click this 'select' element in my ui-test scenario. It is on image: my web page
I am using c# and TechTalk.SpecFlow. I am trying to click it like this:
Browser.ClickWebElementNew("/html/body/div[1]/div/select", FoundBy.XPath);
here is realisation of Browser.ClickWebElementNew(), it from selenium chrome driver:
//
public void ClickWebElementNew(
string findElement, FoundBy f
)
{
if (f == FoundBy.XPath)
{
var element = _chromeDriver.FindElement(By.XPath(findElement));
element.Click();
}
else if (f == FoundBy.CssSelector)
{
var element = _chromeDriver.FindElement(By.CssSelector(findElement));
element.Click();
}
}
//
public IWebElement FindElement(By by) => !(by == (By) null) ? by.FindElement((ISearchContext) this) : throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof (by), "by cannot be null");
but i allways get this error:
OpenQA.Selenium.NoSuchElementException : no such element: Unable to locate element: {"method":"xpath","selector":"/html/body/div[1]/div/select
xPath to 'select' is totally correct, i check it many times. i have a enought delay in test scenario before this pop-up window emerge so what i am doing wrong? what i must do to suссessfully click this 'select'?

A couple of suggestions. I would try suggestion 1 first. If that doesn't work, try suggestion 2 as well:
Don't Use Exact XPaths — I see this frequently. Use a combination of tag names, attributes and parent elements to make your locators more robust. In fact, the <select> tag has an Id. Use that. Id attributes must be unique in the HTML document (if they aren't, it is a bug that should be fixed):
Browser.ClickWebElementNew("//select[#id = 'state']", FoundBy.XPath);
This can help keep your tests passing when minor HTML changes are made in the future.
Use An Explicit Wait — You will likely need this as well. You will need to wait for the element to be clickable. If using Selenium 3 or if you have the DotNetSeleniumExtras NuGet package installed, use ExpectedConditions in the ClickWebElementNew method:
public void ClickWebElementNew(string findElement, FoundBy f)
{
var wait = new WebDriverWait(_chromeDriver, TimeSpan.FromSeconds(30));
By locator = null;
if (f == FoundBy.XPath)
{
locator = By.XPath(findElement)
}
else if (f == FoundBy.CssSelector)
{
locator = By.CssSelector(findElement);
}
else
{
throw new InvalidOperationException("Unsupported FoundBy");
}
var element = wait.Until(ExpectedConditions.ElementToBeClickable(locator));
element.Click();
}
If using Selenium 4 and you don't have the DotNetSeleniumExtras package installed, this should work:
var element = wait.Until(d => { d.FindElement(locator).Click(); return true; });
element.Click();
The main reason for "waiting for the element to be clickable" is because certain user interface animations prevent Selenium from interacting with elements. These can be subtle, but important. Any movement, or fade-in can cause issues with interacting with the page.
If ideas 1 and 2 do not work, look to see if the element is inside a frame or iframe. You need to switch to the frame before interacting with its elements. Also look for elements that overlap that same region of the page. This can cause problems too, especially if running in headless mode and you are not setting a window size.

C# Selenium not consistent on different machines [duplicate]

I'm using Selenium.WebDriver for C# to ask a question on Quora just typing my question in notepad.
Everything worked fine since I had to post it.
To post it I need to click on a link inside a span like this:
<span id="__w2_wEA6apRq1_submit_question">
<a class="submit_button modal_action" href="#" id="__w2_wEA6apRq1_submit">Add Question</a>
</span>
In order to click it I've tried this method, that I've used for all my previous button clicks:
Selecting the element and clicking it:
var element = driver.FindElement(By.CssSelector(".submit_button.modal_action"));
element.Click();
Doing so I can get the element, but unfortunately it throws "ElementNotVisibleException". Debugging my application I could see that Displayed property was set to False, while it wasn't, because in my ChromeDriver I could clearly see the button.
To avoid clicking the element, I tried IJavaScriptExecutor and Driver.ExecuteJavaScript(); to click the link through a script:
IJavaScriptExecutor js = (IJavaScriptExecutor)driver;
js.ExecuteScript("arguments[0].click()", element);
Same logic has been used for Driver.ExecuteJavaScript(); but I get the same result, but when I write the same script into DevTools's Console tab it works perfectly.
How can I solve this issue?

You might have a case where the button become displayed(visible) after your check is executed, so you might try following delay in order to ensure that the button is displayed at the time of check:
public static void WaitForElementToBecomeVisibleWithinTimeout(IWebDriver driver,
IWebElement element, int timeout)
{
new WebDriverWait(driver,
TimeSpan.FromSeconds(timeout)).Until(ElementIsVisible(element));
}
private static Func<IWebDriver, bool> ElementIsVisible(IWebElement element)
{
return driver =>
{
try
{
return element.Displayed;
}
catch (Exception)
{
// If element is null, stale or if it cannot be located
return false;
}
};
}
If the button is not visible in the viewport(i.e. need scrolling to become visible) then you may scroll it with
public static void ScrollElementToBecomeVisible(IWebDriver driver, IWebElement element)
{
IJavaScriptExecutor jsExec = (IJavaScriptExecutor)driver;
jsExec.ExecuteScript("arguments[0].scrollIntoView(true);", element);
}

As per the HTML you have shared to click on the element with text as Add Question as the element is within a Modal Dialog you need to induce WebDriverWait for the desired ElementToBeClickable and you can use either of the following Locator Strategies as solutions:
LinkText:
new WebDriverWait(driver, TimeSpan.FromSeconds(20)).Until(ExpectedConditions.ElementToBeClickable(By.LinkText("Add Question"))).Click();
CssSelector:
new WebDriverWait(driver, TimeSpan.FromSeconds(20)).Until(ExpectedConditions.ElementToBeClickable(By.CssSelector("span[id$='_submit_question']>a.submit_button.modal_action"))).Click();
XPath:
new WebDriverWait(driver, TimeSpan.FromSeconds(20)).Until(ExpectedConditions.ElementToBeClickable(By.XPath("//span[contains(#id,'_submit_question')]/a[#class='submit_button modal_action' and contains(.,'Add Question')]"))).Click();

Selenium Webdriver C#, Chrome, the icon hides the element and it is not clickable [duplicate]

This question already has answers here:
Selenium Web Driver & Java. Element is not clickable at point (x, y). Other element would receive the click
(9 answers)
Closed 4 years ago.
Update: The main problem was that element icon hid a button and it was not clickable. Solution was, using js.Executor, to hide this icon.
I am trying to use Selenium WebDriver for tests, it is new for me, and I have a problem with one element, it is no clickable, I tried find it by linktext, classname, cssselector, it does not work.
I have already read a lot of about this issue "Element is not clickable" , but have not found solution for my test. Hope, you will give me good advice.
Chrome version 67.0.3396.99, 64 bit
Visual C# 2017
Webdriver version 3.13.1.0
Here is my script:
namespace MK_edit
{
class Program
{
static void Main(string[] args)
{
IWebDriver driver = new ChromeDriver(#"C:\Users\alina\ProjectLibre");
driver.Url = "http://test.test.com"; //not real url, I cannot show it
driver.Manage().Timeouts().ImplicitWait = TimeSpan.FromSeconds(60);
driver.Manage().Window.Maximize();
//close popup
driver.FindElement(By.CssSelector("div.whatsnew-content"));
driver.Manage().Timeouts().ImplicitWait = TimeSpan.FromSeconds(10);
driver.FindElement(By.CssSelector("button.btn.btn-success")).Click();
driver.Manage().Timeouts().ImplicitWait = TimeSpan.FromSeconds(60);
//edit part
var lab = driver.FindElement(By.CssSelector("span.glyphicon.glyphicon-edit"));
lab.Click();
}
}
}
Element info:
<li class="allwaysVisible"><span class="glyphicon glyphicon-edit"></span></li>
Error message:
Element <span class=\"glyphicon glyphicon-edit\">
</span> is not clickable at point (312, 24).
Other element would receive the click: <div class=\"modal-backdrop fade\">
</div>\n
Thank you!

As per error message you have shared, <div class=\"modal-backdrop fade\"> would recieve the click and not <span class=\"glyphicon glyphicon-edit\">. You cannot interract with your element until div element hovers your element. It means div, if it is a popup or dialogue, should be closed. Or if it is a element which automatically dissapears, you have to wait until this element will be not more visible. Then you can click on your element.
I cannot provide the code sample to solve your issue, since I don't have a link to website. Hope this helps.

Wait until the spinner/loader disappears, try passing the spinner element ".modal-backdrop" inside a method like this...
public static void WaitForNotVisible(IWebElement element, IWebDriver driver)
{
WebDriverWait wait = new WebDriverWait(driver, TimeSpan.FromSeconds(30));
wait.Until(drv =>
{
try
{
if (element.Displayed)
{
return false;
}
return true;
}
catch
{
return true;
}
});
}
Like this...
var spinnerElement = driver.FindElement(By.CssSelector(".modal-backdrop"));
WaitForNotVisible(spinnerElement, driver);
labosana.Click();

Please add some wait before finding the labosana element
Code:
var wait = new WebDriverWait(driver, TimeSpan.FromSeconds(20));
wait.Until(ExpectedConditions.ElementToBeClickable(By.CssSelector("span.glyphicon.glyphicon-edit")));
var labosana = driver.FindElement(By.CssSelector("span.glyphicon.glyphicon-edit"));
labosana.Click();

You may replace click event with action class,
Actions builder = new Actions(driver);
builder.MoveToElement("Your target element").Click().Perform();

My element became visible and clickable after such additions, tnx for advices
//open edit
var lab = driver.FindElement(By.CssSelector("a[title=\"---\"]"));
var icon = driver.FindElement(By.CssSelector("span.glyphicon.glyphicon-edit"));
IJavaScriptExecutor js = (IJavaScriptExecutor)driver;
js.ExecuteScript("arguments[0].style='display: none;'", icon);
var wait = new WebDriverWait(driver, new TimeSpan(0, 0, 30));
wait.Until(ExpectedConditions.ElementToBeClickable(lab));
lab.Click();

Selenium C#: How to Find Element Again

First time here. So I was wanting some help on a selenium testing that's got me stuck now for several hours.
So I stored a IList<IWebElement> on a page, composed of <a>. I was able to click the 1st element of that IList through a foreach, get what I need from the new page and go back to the page of the list using driver.manage.navigate.back().
However, this time, I can't click the 2nd element of the list.
Is there a way to find that 2nd element, 3rd element, 4th element, etc?
static void Main(string[] args)
{
IWebDriver driver = new FirefoxDriver();
string url = "http://DummyPageOne.Com";
driver.Navigate().GoToUrl(url);
driver.Manage().Timeouts().ImplicitlyWait(Timespan.FromSeconds(10));
PageOne page = new PageOne();
foreach (IWebElement item in page.Items)
{
item.Click();
ItemDetails details = new ItemDetails();
details.SaveImage(#"D:\Images\");
driver.Navigate().Back();
}
}
public class PageOne()
{
public PageOne()
{
PageFactory.InitElements(driver, this);
}
public IList<IWebElement> Items;
public void StoreItems()
{
string locator = "DummyLocator";
Items = driver.FindElements(By.Xpath(locator));
}
}
public class ItemDetails()
{
public ItemDetails()
{
PageFactory.InitElements(driver, this);
}
public void SaveImage()
{
}
}

On the basis of what I understood from your question, here is the way to achieve that. I checked the following C# Code on Chrome and it's working perfectly. I hope this helps.
[Test]
public void ClickAllLinks()
{
//Navigate to URL
driver.Navigate().GoToUrl(#"https://www.google.co.in/#q=Selenium");
//Store Links in IList
IList<IWebElement> resultLinks = driver.FindElements(By.CssSelector("div#ires>ol>div:not(:first-child)>div>div>h3>a"));
//Print Count
//Console.WriteLine(googleLinks.Count);
for (int i = 0; i < resultLinks.Count; i++)
{
int j = i + 1;
//Click on Link
driver.FindElement(By.CssSelector("div#ires>ol>div:not(:first-child)>div:nth-child(" + j + ")>div>h3>a")).Click();
//Print Element Locator
//Console.WriteLine("div#ires>ol>div:not(:first-child)>div:nth-child(" + j + ")>div>h3>a");
Thread.Sleep(2000); //Static wait is not recommended, add conditional wait
//Get what you need from new page
//Navigate back parent page
driver.Navigate().Back();
Thread.Sleep(2000); //Static wait is not recommended, add conditional waits
}
}
If this is not what you want please let me know.

The simple way is to initialize that list again in the end of loop.

Ok, the thing to remember about .Net and Selenium, is that the C# variables/types are references to things that exist in memory (on screen) in the browser.
When the browser window navigates away, the reference held by those variables will be invalid. You must 're-find' them.
I would be very surprised if you could click the first item in the list either.
The only way to click on these objects, is to reacquire the object after the page has reloaded.
Eg: Driver.FindElement(By.XPath("\\div[#class='somelocator']"));
If you can, I would recommend constructing a collection of 'By' classes.
Then loop through the By classes using them in the Find method.
That way, each iteration of the loop, you will be acquiring the object fresh.

How to scroll up using Protractor.NET?

My web page is little lengthy and the SAVE button is at the top right-hand corner. As I input the data through Protractor.NET, the webpage scrolls down which hides the SAVE button, thereby throwing a Element is not clickable at a point error. Now inorder to save the webpage, I need to scroll up and then find the SAVE button and click it.
I have an example in Protractor which uses window.scrollTo(0,0), but how do I implement the same in Protractor.NET
EDIT: Included code
public void Test()
{
var saveBtn = NgWebDriver
.FindElement(By.ClassName("btnSave"))
.FindElement(By.ClassName("Save"));
var btnSv = Scroller(saveBtn);
btnSv.Click();
}
public IWebElement Scroller(IWebElement element)
{
((IJavaScriptExecutor)NgWebDriver).ExecuteScript("arguments[0].scrollIntoView();", element);
return element;
}
So the exception occurs in Scroller method while casting the NgWebDriver to IJavaScriptExecutor type
How can I accomplish this?

Finally got the solution to scrolling up to the top in Protractor.NET
Had referred the link and was able to solve my problem.
The below code worked for me.
IWebDriver driver = MyWebDriver.WrappedDriver;
IJavaScriptExecutor jse = (IJavaScriptExecutor)driver;
jse.ExecuteScript("scroll(0, -250);");

Why do you want to make it complicated?
If you want to scroll to an element you can use this simple method:
public IWebElement ScrollToElement(IWebElement webElement)
{
((IJavaScriptExecutor)Driver).ExecuteScript("arguments[0].scrollIntoView();", webElement);
return webElement;
}

The below code helped me to achieve the same.
IJavaScriptExecutor jse = (IJavaScriptExecutor)NgDriver;
jse.ExecuteScript("arguments[0].scrollIntoView()", webElement);