Check if element is clickable in Selenium Java

Question

I\'m new to Selenium and need to check if element is clickable in Selenium Java, since element.click() passes both on

Answer 1

There are certain things you have to take care:

• WebDriverWait inconjunction with ExpectedConditions as elementToBeClickable() returns the WebElement once it is located and clickable i.e. visible and enabled.
• In this process, WebDriverWait will ignore instances of NotFoundException that are encountered by default in the until condition.
• Once the duration of the wait expires on the desired element not being located and clickable, will throw a timeout exception.
• The different approach to address this issue are:

  • To invoke click() as soon as the element is returned, you can use:

    new WebDriverWait(driver, 10).until(ExpectedConditions.elementToBeClickable(By.xpath("(//div[@id='brandSlider']/div[1]/div/div/div/img)[50]"))).click();
    

  • To simply validate if the element is located and clickable, wrap up the WebDriverWait in a try-catch{} block as follows:

    try {
           new WebDriverWait(driver, 10).until(ExpectedConditions.elementToBeClickable(By.xpath("(//div[@id='brandSlider']/div[1]/div/div/div/img)[50]")));
           System.out.println("Element is clickable");
         }
    catch(TimeoutException e) {
           System.out.println("Element isn't clickable");
        }
    

  • If WebDriverWait returns the located and clickable element but the element is still not clickable, you need to invoke executeScript() method as follows:

    WebElement element = new WebDriverWait(driver, 10).until(ExpectedConditions.elementToBeClickable(By.xpath("(//div[@id='brandSlider']/div[1]/div/div/div/img)[50]"))); 
    ((JavascriptExecutor)driver).executeScript("arguments[0].click();", element);