submit element not clickable selenium python

Question

I was trying to open stackoverflow and search for a query and then click the search button. almost everything went fine except I was not able to click submit button

I encountered error

WebDriverException: unknown error: Element ... is not clickable at point (608, 31). Other element would receive the click: (Session info: chrome=60.0.3112.101) (Driver info: chromedriver=2.29.461591 (62ebf098771772160f391d75e589dc567915b233),platform=Windows NT 6.1.7601 SP1 x86)

 browser=webdriver.Chrome()
    browser.get("https://stackoverflow.com/questions/19035186/how-to-select-element-with-selenium-python-xpath")
    z=browser.find_element_by_css_selector(".f-input.js-search-field")#use .for class and replace space with .
    z.send_keys("geckodriver not working")
    submi=browser.find_element_by_css_selector(".svg-icon.iconSearch")
    submi.click()

The element is probably moved away by a css hover effect or javascript. Or some other element consumes the click event. I would just try another dom element to submit the click event on. #search input, for instance. — Håken Lid
– Håken Lid, Commented Aug 27, 2017 at 14:57
You should research that, then. It's very useful to know the basics of how a browser works when you use Selenium. — Håken Lid
– Håken Lid, Commented Aug 27, 2017 at 15:06

xmcp · Accepted Answer · 2017-08-27 15:04:52Z

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<button type="submit" class="btn js-search-submit">
    <svg role="icon" class="svg-icon iconSearch" width="18" height="18" viewBox="0 0 18 18">
        <path d="..."></path>
    </svg>
</button>

You are trying to click on the svg. That icon is not clickable, but the button is.

So change the button selector to .btn.js-search-submit will work.

answered Aug 27, 2017 at 15:04

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Eugen Konkov · Accepted Answer · 2018-01-17 13:33:20Z

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Use below code to click on submit button:

browser.find_element_by_css_selector(".btn.js-search-submit").click()

edited Jan 17, 2018 at 13:33

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answered Jan 17, 2018 at 11:40

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iamsankalp89 · Accepted Answer · 2017-08-27 17:18:40Z

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Click the element with right locator, your button locator is wrong. Other code is looking good

try this

browser=webdriver.Chrome()
browser.get("https://stackoverflow.com/questions/19035186/how-to-select-element-with-selenium-python-xpath")
z=browser.find_element_by_css_selector(".f-input.js-search-field")#use .for class and replace space with .
z.send_keys("geckodriver not working")
submi=browser.find_element_by_css_selector(".btn.js-search-submit")
submi.click()

answered Aug 27, 2017 at 17:18

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