Scroll Element into View (not under navbar) with Selenium

Question

Selenium click doesn't seem to work unless the element is visible. So I want bring element to view before click. There is a focus method in Selenium, but it does not seem to scroll the view. I tried Amith solution for Scroll Element into View with Selenium but some times element remained under navbar. Is there any way for scroll until element become observable and selenium can click on it?

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score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Jan 16 '18 at 06:59

I found a solution by using JavaScript

public static void Scroll(this IWebElement elem)
{
     IJavaScriptExecutor js = (IJavaScriptExecutor)driver;     
     js.ExecuteScript("window.scroll(arguments[0], arguments[1]);", elem.Location.X, elem.Location.Y - heightOfNavbar);
}

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 15 '18 at 21:59

You could try using JavaScript, not sure that it'll work but you can give it a try:

private void ScrollToElement(IWebElement element)
{
    IJavaScriptExecutor js = (IJavaScriptExecutor) driver; 
    js.executeScript("argumenents[0].scrollIntoView(true);", element)
}

I adapted it to C# from a similar issue I ran into a long time ago. At the time I was working in Java and this solution worked for me. Hopefully it helps you or at least points you in the right direction.

Scroll Element into View (not under navbar) with Selenium

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