Selenium - tips and tricks

This blog documents tips and tricks that would be helpful when automating using Selenium tool and we hit a road block in particular cases.

Sometimes clicking a button on a page does not work. Below are suggestions:

• Use Explicit wait command to wait till the button is clickable:

wait.until(ExpectedConditions.elementToBeClickable(By.id("button1")))

• Use Explicit wait command to wait till the button is present on the DOM of a page and visible:

wait.until(ExpectedConditions.visibilityOfElementLocated(By.id("button1")))

• Use Javascript code to scroll into the element and click it:

WebElement element = driver.findElement(By.id("button1"));
((JavascriptExecutor) driver).executeScript("arguments[0].scrollIntoView(true);", element);
((JavascriptExecutor) driver).executeScript("arguments[0].click();", element);

• Use action class double click method:

action.doubleClick(element).build().perform(); 

• Use action class to click, hold and release on the element:

action.ClickAndHold(element).Release().Click().Perform();