How to click an element with Selenium webdriver javascript?

Question

I am testing, and I have to click on elements, but it sometimes click, sometimes not. I tried some solutions, but there is no one, which always clicks. Is there any solution to click an element, which always works?

I tried these codes:

1:

await driver.findElement(By.id("u_0_a")).click();

2:

var element = await driver.findElement(By.id("u_0_a"));
await element.click();

3:

await driver.executeScript("document.getElementById('u_0_a').click()");

I use selenium with node.js, javascript, chrome driver.

The click() function in JavaScript does not execute any "click" event handlers. — Greg Burghardt
– Greg Burghardt, Commented Jun 18, 2019 at 11:57

undetected Selenium · Accepted Answer · 2019-06-18 10:13:23Z

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Try using:

var element = await driver.findElement(By.id("u_0_a"));
await driver.executeScript("arguments[0].click();", element)

Hope this helps!

edited Jun 18, 2019 at 10:13

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Zágonyi Krisztián Over a year ago

Thank you for help, but it is the same :( Sometimes click, sometimes not. :(

Lukas Würzburger · Accepted Answer · 2019-06-18 13:08:59Z

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Try using TryUntil. I hope this works. The below code is in C#

Browser.TryUntil(() => { }, () => Browser.FindElement(By.id("u_0_a")).Exists(), TimeSpan.FromSeconds(3), TimeSpan.FromSeconds(120));
Browser.FindElement(By.id("u_0_a")).Click();

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Zágonyi Krisztián Over a year ago

Well it is C#, but I try to write it in JS.

Zágonyi Krisztián · Accepted Answer · 2019-06-19 09:13:43Z

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Thank you for your help. The problem was not in my code. The problem was with the https://www.facebook.com/ . Because facebook, is changing the ID, and sometimes it was the login button sometimes a gender custom button. :/

answered Jun 19, 2019 at 9:13

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vincent.dr · Accepted Answer · 2019-06-20 10:44:43Z

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Please try sleep before you handle the click operation. Example as below:

await driver.sleep(2000)
await driver.findElement(By.xpath('element path')).click()

answered Jun 20, 2019 at 10:44

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user3249517 Over a year ago

generally using sleep should be considered the final option. Incorporating sleeps into your test will slowly make your test extremely sleep and very difficult to run.

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