Selenium Webdriver Java : Element Not Visible Exception

Question

I am new to Selenium.

I am having difficulty getting the following link to click.

I am getting an elemnt not visible exception:

org.openqa.selenium.ElementNotVisibleException: element not visible

For

driver.findElement(By.xpath("//a[@href='/Home/Members']")).click();

I have looked through stackoverflow and the solutions given don’t work for me.

My code is as follows:

I have included a couple of my sanity checks, which i will take out when the link clicks

public void clickMembersBenefitsFromHasLoggedInScreen() {

    if(driver.findElements(By.xpath("//a[@href='/Home/Members']")).size() != 0) {


            int okSize=driver.findElements(By.xpath("//a[@href='/Home/Members']")).size();

            System.out.println("ok_size "+okSize);

            System.out.println("Hello World "+driver.findElement(By.xpath("//a[@href='/Home/Members']")).getTagName());

            driver.findElement(By.xpath("//a[@href='/Home/Members']")).click();

        }else {
            System.out.println("[AerCardHomePageModel][Does Not Have Members Benefits Button]");
        }
}

And the HTML Page it is acting upon is as follows:




    
    
    LoggedIn - AerCard
    

    

    




    
        

            
                

            
            
                

            
        
        
            
                
                    
                
                
                        

    

                
            
        
        
            
                
                    
                        Welcome {{Name}} {{AerCardId}}
                        Aer Credit Card Members benefit Section
                    
                    
                        Aer Credit Card Membership Date
                        {{MemberShipDate}}
                    
                
            
        
        





    
        Login to your AerClub Account
        
            
                
                    
                        Please correct the following error(s):
                        
                            {{ error }}
                        
                    
                    
                        Username/Email
                        
                        Password
                        
                    
                    
                
            
            
                Congratulations
                You have successfully connected your
                AerClub rewards account with your Bank
                Of Ireland Aer Credit Card
                Members Benefits »
            
        
    
    
        
    



            
        
        
            
                
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undetected Selenium · Accepted Answer

As per the HTML you have shared the link with text as Members Benefits... is visible once you are Logged In. So to identify the WebElement you have to induce WebDriverWait along with ExpectedConditions clause elementToBeClickable as follows :

new WebDriverWait(driver, 20).until(ExpectedConditions.elementToBeClickable(By.partialLinkText("Members Benefits"))).click();

Selenium Webdriver Java : Element Not Visible Exception

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