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Soopa Stylin
Soopa Stylin

Reputation: 31

Selenium - Java - Element gets click but does not action

Very new to automation and have not had issues until now

I have a button that once clicked , a pop up button appears which one could click and it would perform a certain action.

I get to the second button and it seems to click it , however it does not perform the relevant action

My Code 

//First Button//
WebElement AddUserSelect =  
chromeDriver.findElementBy.id(
    "j_idt67:j_idt68:j_idt69:j_idt229:pendingTable:dataTable:0:j_idt280_menuButton"));

AddUserSelect.click();

try {
    Thread.sleep(1000L);
} catch (InterruptedException e) {
    e.printStackTrace();
} 

// Second Button//
WebElement AddUser = 

chromeDriver.findElement(By.id(
    "j_idt67:j_idt68:j_idt69:j_idt229:pendingTable:dataTable:0:j_idt281"));
AddUser.click();

Element on page when I inspect

<a 
    id="j_idt67:j_idt68:j_idt69:j_idt229:pendingTable:dataTable:0:j_idt281" 
    class="ui-menuitem-link ui-corner-all" href="#" 
    onclick="PrimeFaces.ab({s:&quot;j_idt67:j_idt68:j_idt69:j_idt229:pendingTable:dataTable:0:j_idt281&quot;,p:&quot;j_idt67&quot;,u:&quot;j_idt67&quot;,f:&quot;j_idt67&quot;});return false;"
>
    <span class="ui-menuitem-icon ui-icon ui-icon-extlink"></span>
    <span class="ui-menuitem-text">
        Add
    </span>
</a>

Any Assistance would be appreciated..Thank you

Upvotes: 0

Views: 1023

Answers (1)

undetected Selenium
undetected Selenium

Reputation: 193058

As per the HTML you have shared you target the second inner span tag and can use the following Locator Strategy to click on the intended element :

chromeDriver.findElement(By.xpath("//a[@class='ui-menuitem-link ui-corner-all' and starts-with(@id,'j_idt')]//span[@class='ui-menuitem-text']")).click();

Update A

As per your comment update as the previous line of code locates the element, however does not action as an alternative you can use the Javascript Click as follows :

WebElement elem = chromeDriver.findElement(By.xpath("//a[@class='ui-menuitem-link ui-corner-all' and starts-with(@id,'j_idt')]//span[@class='ui-menuitem-text']"));
driver.executeScript("arguments[0].click();", elem);

Update B

Induce a waiter through WebDriverWait as follows :

new WebDriverWait(driver, 20).until(ExpectedConditions.elementToBeClickable(By.xpath("//a[@class='ui-menuitem-link ui-corner-all' and starts-with(@id,'j_idt')]//span[@class='ui-menuitem-text']"))).click();

Upvotes: 1

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