Not able to click on button using webdriver

Question

There is a cart link in my application. Below is the code which I get when I do inspect element. I am trying to click this element using id, xpath, linktext , partial link text..still I couldn't get through . Please help

<a id="shoppingCartLink" href="/NTNstore/cart" style="text-indent: -9px">CART</a>

@Kumar What error you are getting? Try waiting for element to be displayed before click. — amitbobade, Mar 14 '16 at 08:22
There is no frame involved. This is the error I am getting after waited for an element to display... "Element is not clickable at point (981.5, 32). Other element would receive the click: — Kumar, Mar 14 '16 at 09:28
According to error, the element you are trying to click on is not visible. Wait for the element to be displayed and then click. Use explicit wait. — amitbobade, Mar 14 '16 at 10:47

score 1 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 11:50

How to click by different ways:-

If your problem is that the element is scrolled off the screen (and as a result under something like a header bar), you can try scrolling it back into view like this:

private void scrollToElementAndClick(WebElement element) {
    int yScrollPosition = element.getLocation().getY();
    js.executeScript("window.scroll(0, " + yScrollPosition + ");");
    element.click();
}

if you need you could also add in a static offset (if for example you have a page header that is 200px high and always displayed):

    public static final int HEADER_OFFSET = 200;

    private void scrollToElementAndClick(WebElement element) {
    int yScrollPosition = element.getLocation().getY() - HEADER-OFFSET;
    js.executeScript("window.scroll(0, " + yScrollPosition + ");");
    element.click();
}

If still not work then use JavascriptExecutor

WebElement element= driver.findElement(By."Your Locator"));

JavascriptExecutor executor = (JavascriptExecutor) driver;
executor.executeScript("arguments[0].click();", element);

I think there is a issue of frame

You need to switch to frame first. change the syntax too because answer is in C# and probably you need a java code

refer my answer in below:-

Selenium in C# - How do I navigate different frames

Hope it will help you :)

thanks for your reply. I tried to capture the frame but that did not work.. Need more advise on this. However, I am able to click on the same link using 'id' in selenium IDE. But my requirement is to automate using webdriver. — Kumar, Mar 14 '16 at 07:03
according to the error you have explained above I have updated my answer .. try that .. it will work .. one more thing use implicit wait also if you are not using it — Shubham Jain, Mar 14 '16 at 09:44

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 14 '16 at 07:42

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I there is no frame and you tried with all locator strategy then use below java script code and execute using Java scripts executor class

document.getElementById("shoppingCartLink").click()

Hope this will work for you.

Thanks, Sadik

answered Mar 14 '16 at 07:42

Sadik Ali

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There is no frame involved over there. when I use the above code, I am getting below error. Element is not clickable at point (981.5, 32). Other element would receive the click:
– Kumar Mar 14 '16 at 09:27

Not able to click on button using webdriver

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