IntelliJ IDEA cannot resolve symbol 'openqa'

Question

Below are the import statements.

import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils;
import org.openqa.selenium.By;
import org.openqa.selenium.StaleElementReferenceException;
import org.openqa.selenium.TimeoutException;
import org.openqa.selenium.WebDriver;

Below are the dependencies added.

<dependency>
    <groupId>org.seleniumhq.selenium</groupId>
    <artifactId>selenium-java</artifactId>
    <version>3.12.0</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
    <groupId>org.seleniumhq.selenium</groupId>
    <artifactId>selenium-server</artifactId>
    <version>3.12.0</version>
</dependency>

Maven has successfully downloaded all the Selenium jars. Still the import statements show 'Cannot resolve symbol apache' and 'Cannot resolve symbol openqa' errors.

Are these ``dependency`` elements in the ``dependencies`` element or in the ``dependencyManagement`` element in your pom? just to make sure... — f1sh, Sep 17 '18 at 11:57
@AkashChaudhuri if it builds from the command line Maven without errors and the error is present only in IntelliJ IDEA, please try to delete `.idea` directory and reimport the project. In case it doesn't help, please refer to https://stackoverflow.com/a/42427510/104891 for the diagnostics. — CrazyCoder, Sep 17 '18 at 17:44

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 14 '21 at 21:35

Download the jar files here: https://www.selenium.dev/downloads/

Then add them in intellij via File -> Project Structure -> Modules.

Click the Dependencies Tab.

Click the plus +.

Add all the extracted jars from the zip you downloaded including those inside and outside the lib folder.

Select them all and Apply.

IntelliJ IDEA cannot resolve symbol 'openqa'

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