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I'm trying to click on some element but it's not working:

driver.find_element_by_xpath("//span[text()='ENG']")

When I add:

driver.maximize_window()

before click action, it works, other codes are not working again.

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Milena Musheghyan
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I had similar problem When I was looking for an element, it was not yet available in the code.

Fixed by adding

driver.implicitly_wait(30) ## 30 is the time he will wait

before searching for the element.

This line makes the code wait until the entire page is loaded before looking for an element.

Gustavo Araújo
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I'm trying to click on some element via driver.find_element_by_xpath("//span[text()='ENG']"), but it's not working,

You need to post logs or be more specific. Are you getting an error on the call to find_element_by_xpath(), or when you call click as you mention below?

when I add driver.maximize_window() before click action, it works, other codes are not working again, please advise which can be the reason

The relevant code needs to be provided. I believe you're saying that when you call maximize_window() before you locate the element, it works, but if you don't call maximize window, it fails. This could be for a variety of reasons, but it sounds Javascript related. A similar question like this this could help. If maximize window doesn't actually help the issue, I would look into implicit waits or WebDriverWaits.

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