Python Selenium: Element Is Not Clickable At Point

Question

I am using the code below to click on the highlighted tab that you see on the attached screenshot with the corresponding HTML code. The tab is always visible on the bottom of the script so there is no need to scroll down to it.

element = WebDriverWait(browser, 20).until(EC.element_to_be_clickable((By.ID, "tab-button-settings")))
element.click()

The error that I get is below. What am I doing wrong?

Message: unknown error: Element <a class="tab-button has-icon icon-only" href="#" role="tab" ng- 
reflect-tab="[object Object]" id="tab-button-settings" aria-controls="tabpanel-t0-1" aria- 
selected="false">...</a> is not clickable at point (1440, 1017). Other element would receive the 
click: <div class="click-block click-block-enabled click-block-active"></div>
(Session info: chrome=78.0.3904.108)

The div that is intercepting the click is labeled "click-block-enabled", so if you should be able to click that link at this point, you've found a bug in the site. (possibly an invisible modal or something like that??) — pcalkins, Nov 25 '19 at 23:58

score 3 · Answer 1 · answered Nov 26 '19 at 06:31

you can use action class to avoid above issue

from selenium.webdriver.common.by import By
from selenium import webdriver
from selenium.webdriver.support.ui import WebDriverWait
from selenium.webdriver.support import expected_conditions as EC

from selenium.webdriver.common.action_chains import ActionChains

element = WebDriverWait(browser, 20).until(EC.element_to_be_clickable((By.ID, "tab-button-settings"))
ActionChains(driver).move_to_element(element).click().perform()

This gives me "move target out of bounds" – Amit Kumar Gupta Dec 16 '22 at 13:59 — Amit Kumar Gupta, Dec 16 '22 at 13:59

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 26 '19 at 05:05

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Another way alternative to javascript is to use touch actions

from selenium.webdriver.common.touch_actions import TouchActions

element = WebDriverWait(browser, 20).until(EC.element_to_be_clickable((By.ID, "tab-button-settings")))

touchactions = TouchActions(driver)
touchactions.tap(element).perform()

answered Nov 26 '19 at 05:05

john

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I tried it, and here is the error: `Message: unknown error: Element ... is not clickable at point (1440, 1017). Other element would receive the click:
` – sprogissd Nov 26 '19 at 19:16

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Nov 26 '19 at 08:00

The desired element is an Angular element so to locate and click() on the element you have to induce WebDriverWait for the element_to_be_clickable() and you can use either of the following Locator Strategies:

Using CSS_SELECTOR:

WebDriverWait(driver, 20).until(EC.element_to_be_clickable((By.CSS_SELECTOR, "a.tab-button.has-icon.icon-only#tab-button-settings"))).click()

Using XPATH:

WebDriverWait(driver, 20).until(EC.element_to_be_clickable((By.XPATH, "//a[@class='tab-button has-icon icon-only' and @id='tab-button-settings']"))).click()

Note : You have to add the following imports :

from selenium.webdriver.support.ui import WebDriverWait
from selenium.webdriver.common.by import By
from selenium.webdriver.support import expected_conditions as EC

In case the unknown error still occurs you may have to induce WebDriverWait additionally for the invisibility_of_element_located() and you can use either of the following solutions:

Using CSS_SELECTOR:

WebDriverWait(driver, 20).until(EC.invisibility_of_element_located((By.CSS_SELECTOR, "div.click-block.click-block-enabled.click-block-active")))
WebDriverWait(driver, 20).until(EC.element_to_be_clickable((By.CSS_SELECTOR, "a.tab-button.has-icon.icon-only#tab-button-settings"))).click()

Using XPATH:

WebDriverWait(driver, 20).until(EC.invisibility_of_element_located((By.XPATH, "//div[@class='click-block click-block-enabled click-block-active']")))
WebDriverWait(driver, 20).until(EC.element_to_be_clickable((By.XPATH, "//a[@class='tab-button has-icon icon-only' and @id='tab-button-settings']"))).click()

References

You can find a couple of relevant discussions in:

The CSS Selector approach throws this error: `Message: unknown error: Element ... is not clickable at point (480, 28). Other element would receive the click:
` — sprogissd, Nov 26 '19 at 19:11
And the XPath approach throws this: `Message: unknown error: Element ... is not clickable at point (1440, 1017). Other element would receive the click:
` — sprogissd, Nov 26 '19 at 19:13

Python Selenium: Element Is Not Clickable At Point

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