org.openqa.selenium.ElementNotVisibleException: Element is not currently visible and so may not be interacted with

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I am trying to execute below Selenium Web driver script, But I am getting org.openqa.selenium.ElementNotVisibleException: Element is not currently visible and so may not be interacted with error several time(not all the times). sometimes in loops first iteration and sometimes in 2 iteration and sometimes without starting loop. It printing all the available items count correctly but whey trying to click on items, it showing Element is not currently visible...

public void pickitems() throws Exception  
        {
        Webdriver driver = new firefoxdriver();
        driver.get("http://www.bigbasket.com");
        driver.manage().window().maximize();
            //Selecting Location
        List<WebElement> list = driver.findElement(By.id("ftv-city-popup")).findElements(By.tagName("button"));
        int location = r.nextInt(list.size());
        list.get(location).click();
            //Selection random Category from left panel through list 
        Thread.sleep(30000);
        List<WebElement> xyz = driver.findElement(By.id("uiv2-main-menu")).findElements(By.className("top-category"));
        System.out.println(xyz.size());
        Random r = new Random();
        int category = r.nextInt(xyz.size());
        xyz.get(category).click();


        for (int i = 0; i < 3; i++) {
            Thread.sleep(30000);
            List<WebElement> availableItems = driver.findElements(By.cssSelector("a.uiv2-add-button.a2c"));
            System.out.println(availableItems.size());
            if (availableItems.size() > 0)
            {
                int selectItem = r.nextInt(availableItems.size());
                availableItems.get(selectItem).click();

            } 
            else
            {
                Thread.sleep(30000);
                List<WebElement> availableItems2 = driver.findElements(By.cssSelector("a.uiv2-add-button.a2c"));
                if (availableItems2.size() == 0) {
                    System.out.println("No more items are available. Sorry for the inconvenience");
                }
                else {
                    Assert.fail("Unable to select items. May be page loading issue");
                }


            }

        }

  }

}

Akshay · Accepted Answer · 2015-08-13 09:26:28Z

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Finally this worked for me. Element is not currently visible and so may not be interacted with.

Initially it was like test was successful only 2 of 5 times. Was not sure how it was working sometimes and others not.

Worked by reducing the security settings in IE. Enable all activeX controls. Enable scripts and IFRAMES also. Some of these will warn to put computer at risk, but it was the only solution I had. Introduce Explicit wait by using presenceOfElementLocated instead of visibilityOfElementLocated at every point where page load takes time.

    WebDriverWait wait = new WebDriverWait(driver,30);
    wait.until(ExpectedConditions.presenceOfElementLocated(By.xpath("//*[@id='campaignListTable']")));   /*examining the xpath for a search     
    box*/
    driver.findElement(By.xpath("//*[@id='campaignListTable']")).sendKeys("TEXT");   /*enter text in search 
    box*/

edited Aug 13, 2015 at 9:26

answered Aug 13, 2015 at 3:33

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Saifur · Accepted Answer · 2015-02-26 13:31:31Z

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Not sure what your requirement is. But, couple of things to keep in mind.

Selenium may find the element that meets same criteria but they are hidden
Even if element is not hidden it may not be in a ready state to accept any interaction.

if you know for sure the element is not hidden then you can use the following wait for the element to be visible

 new WebDriverWait(Driver, TimeSpan.FromSeconds(10)).Until(ExpectedConditions.ElementIsVisible("your selector");

edited Feb 26, 2015 at 13:31

answered Sep 18, 2014 at 16:24

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Idan E Over a year ago

can you please help me to convert this command to JS? I've the same issue but I'm using in Protractor on Node.JS. thanks @Saifur

Alex M · Accepted Answer · 2017-09-22 08:42:14Z

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For some browsers it happens that once mouse hover action is performed, but the menu list disappear quickly before Selenium identify the next sub menu item. In that case it is better to use perform() action on the main menu to hold the menu list till the time Selenium identify the sub menu item and click on it.

Here

WebElement xWL = driver.findElement(By.xpath("x path text"));

Actions xAct = new Actions(driver);

Instead of this:

xAct.moveToElement(xWL).build().perform();

Below code will resolve the "element not visible" issue

xAct.moveToElement(xWL);
xAct.click();
xAct.perform();

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Rishi Khanna · Accepted Answer · 2014-09-18 16:31:55Z

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I guess you are trying to click on hyperlinks, if you are getting 'ElementNotVisibleException' this means that elements might be hidden. Does it take long time for the elements with locator 'a.uiv2-add-button.a2c' to render on the UI after you select a Category from the left panel? If yes than interaction wiith non visible elements will always throw 'ElementNotVisibleException'

answered Sep 18, 2014 at 16:31

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Arun Siddharth · Accepted Answer · 2018-08-23 15:32:33Z

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I had a similar issue and the reason was, there were more hidden elements along with the actual element that i tried to find. So click was actually trying to interact with hidden element and throwed the exception.

Solution- I fine-tuned the element's xpath to make it unique which resulted the interaction to the actual element.

answered Aug 23, 2018 at 15:32

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Maarten Bodewes Over a year ago

"Fine tuning the elements XPath" is a bit too abstract a solution to attract (many) upvotes. Could you edit and make it a bit more tangible, for instance code how you solved your related issue?

Bruno De Freitas Barros Over a year ago

It solved my issue when there were more than an element with the same id.

Vinee-the-Pooh · Accepted Answer · 2018-08-23 15:56:55Z

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To handle it , you can use explicit wait function in selenium to locate element. Most of the time it works.

answered Aug 23, 2018 at 15:56

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Rince Thomas · Accepted Answer · 2016-11-03 05:42:11Z

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Just put the thread to sleep for some mil seconds

Thread.sleep(5000);
WebElement zoneName=driver.findElement(By.xpath("//*[@id=\"zoneName\"]"));
zoneName.sendKeys("kandy");

edited Nov 3, 2016 at 5:42

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answered Nov 3, 2016 at 5:22

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