ElementClickInterceptedException: Message: element click intercepted: Element <label> is not clickable with Selenium and Python

Question

I am trying to click on the "All Topics" and "All States" CheckBoxes then search the results. When I run the script, a chrome window opens up in size 1036x674.

If I leave the window alone, I get element click interception errors. If I minimize or maximize the window, my script works fine.

I am using Selenium 3.141.0, chrome 76, chromedriver 76, and python 3.6

chromedriver_path = r"C:\Users\path\to\chromedriver.exe"
browser = webdriver.Chrome(executable_path=chromedriver_path)
url = "http://www.ncsl.org/research/transportation/autonomous-vehicles-legislative-database.aspx"

topics_xpath = "//*[@id=\"dnn_ctr81355_StateNetDB_UpdatePanel1\"]/div[1]/div[2]/span/label"
states_xpath = "//*[@id=\"dnn_ctr81355_StateNetDB_UpdatePanel1\"]/div[2]/div[2]/span/label"
browser.get(url)
time.sleep(30)

elem = browser.find_element_by_xpath(topics_xpath)
elem.click()
time.sleep(5)
elem = browser.find_element_by_xpath(states_xpath)
elem.click()

But I get this error:

ElementClickInterceptedException: Message: element click intercepted:
Element <label for="dnn_ctr81355_StateNetDB_ckBxAllTopics">...</label> is not clickable at point (259, 665).
Other element would receive the click:
<label for="dnn_ctr81355_StateNetDB_ckBxTopics_0">...</label>
(Session info: chrome=76.0.3809.100)

The CheckBox that would be clicked is right below the one I am trying to click.

Answer 1

You need WebDriverWait to make sure the element visibility_of_element_located , then scroll to Searchable Database section, and you can use locator by xpath .

Please import :

from selenium.webdriver.support import expected_conditions
from selenium.webdriver.common.by import By
from selenium.webdriver.support.ui import WebDriverWait

Try the bellow code.

chromedriver_path = r"C:\Users\path\to\chromedriver.exe"
browser = webdriver.Chrome(executable_path=chromedriver_path)
url = "http://www.ncsl.org/research/transportation/autonomous-vehicles-legislative-database.aspx"

topics_xpath = "//div[@class='divTopicsSection1']//span//label[text()='All Topics']"
states_xpath = "//div[@class='divStatesSection1']//span//label[text()='All States']"
dBase_xpath = "//h4[text()='Searchable Database']"
browser.get(url)
WebDriverWait(browser, 10).until(expected_conditions.visibility_of_element_located((By.XPATH, topics_xpath)))
elem = browser.find_element_by_xpath(dBase_xpath)
browser.execute_script("arguments[0].scrollIntoView(true);", elem)

browser.find_element_by_xpath(topics_xpath).click()
browser.find_element_by_xpath(states_xpath).click()

Answer 2

This error message...

ElementClickInterceptedException: Message: element click intercepted

...implies that the click method invoked on the desired element was intercepted by some other element.

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To click() on the checkboxes associated with text as All Topics and All States you have to induce WebDriverWait for the element_to_be_clickable() and you can use either of the following Locator Strategies :

• Using CSS_SELECTOR :

   driver.get("http://www.ncsl.org/research/transportation/autonomous-vehicles-legislative-database.aspx") WebDriverWait(driver, 20).until(EC.element_to_be_clickable((By.CSS_SELECTOR, "label[for$='_StateNetDB_ckBxAllTopics']"))).click() driver.find_element_by_css_selector("label[for$='_StateNetDB_ckBxAllStates']").click()

• Using XPATH :

   driver.get("http://www.ncsl.org/research/transportation/autonomous-vehicles-legislative-database.aspx") WebDriverWait(driver, 20).until(EC.element_to_be_clickable((By.XPATH, "//label[contains(@for, '_StateNetDB_ckBxAllTopics')]"))).click() driver.find_element_by_xpath("//label[contains(@for, '_StateNetDB_ckBxAllStates')]").click()

• Browser Snapshot: