Click() not working on a button but getText() works fine with same xpath in selenium webdriver

Question

I am trying to click a button on a pop up using xpath, I tried the following code:

MySuite.driver.findElement(By.xpath("html/body/div[9]/div[3]/div/button[4]")).click();

It does not click on the intended button but when I use same xpath and use getText() method it returns me correct value:

String test=MySuite.driver.findElement(By.xpath("html/body/div[9]/div[3]/div/button[4]")).getText();
System.out.println(test);

I have tried using Implicit wait also but not to no use. Please help what all reasons can be possible for button not getting clicked.

Answer 1

The reason could be:

1. Button is not click-able at that moment where you are trying to click on it. So use an explicit expected condition to be ensure that button is click-able.

   WebDriverWait wait = new WebDriverWait(driver, 10);wait.until(ExpectedConditions.elementToBeClickable(By.xpath("xpath")));

2. Or, Try to click on parent of button element.If it is possible.

3. Or, Inject java script explicitly to click on required button.

   WebElement element = driver.findElement(By.id("gbqfd")); JavascriptExecutor executor = (JavascriptExecutor)driver; executor.executeScript("arguments[0].click();", element);