Scrolling task of Selenium is not worked for me in Python environment

Question

I want to write a script with adjustable speed. I want to scroll the page into a specific height of the page. I used window.scrollTo as follows:

driver.execute_script("window.scrollTo(0, 10)")

Although there is no error, after running, we cannot see any change in scroll position. Could you help me, please?

Try : https://stackoverflow.com/questions/35290451/selenium-python-unable-to-scroll-down — Pygirl, May 31 '21 at 08:08
Also, the scroll bar can be accessed by this code: src = driver.find_element_by_xpath("/html/body/div/div/div/div[1]/div[2]/div/div/div/div/div/div[2]/div[2]/div/div[2]/div") — Hamed Baziyad, May 31 '21 at 08:16
The problem was solved by implementing a new approach. You can see it below. — Hamed Baziyad, May 31 '21 at 09:03

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered May 31 '21 at 08:56

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The problem was solved for me by the code as follows:

src = driver.find_element_by_xpath("/html/body/div/div/div/div[1]/div[2]/div/div/div/div/div/div[2]/div[2]/div/div[2]/div")

driver.execute_script("arguments[0].scrollTop = (0,10)", src)

answered May 31 '21 at 08:56

Hamed Baziyad

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never use that kind of a xpath – cruisepandey May 31 '21 at 10:35
Could you explain your reason? – Hamed Baziyad May 31 '21 at 13:23
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A UI developer changes div[1] to div[2], your entire xpath will fail. now why would a UI developer change it to div[2] cause there will be business requirement to construct a new div either parallel or in sequence. Always prefer relative xpath – cruisepandey May 31 '21 at 13:27
Thank you dear @cruisepandey for your explanation. – Hamed Baziyad May 31 '21 at 13:29

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered May 31 '21 at 08:10

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I think your code is correct, but since you are using too short difference, trying to scroll for 10 pixels only, it's not visible.
Please try giving more significant height, like 100 or more and see if it works.
Or put your script in a loop to make the result more noticeable.

answered May 31 '21 at 08:10

Prophet

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I checked a wide range of numbers before. This is not my solution. – Hamed Baziyad May 31 '21 at 08:12
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Hm, interesting! I wish to know what finally will be the solution! – Prophet May 31 '21 at 08:13
I found the solution. Now you can see it below. – Hamed Baziyad May 31 '21 at 08:57
@hamedbaziyad I see. Congrats! So it was an overflowing element there? Also, it's highly recommended NOT to use absolute xpaths. – Prophet May 31 '21 at 09:08
The page I decided to crawl is a popup. Thank you for your suggestion. In this cased I was forced to use absolute Xpath for some reasons. – Hamed Baziyad May 31 '21 at 09:21

Scrolling task of Selenium is not worked for me in Python environment

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