Select input element by id using Selenium Python

Question

I'm trying to click on a box that has the following HTML code:

<li>
  <input id="mce-group[166]-166-0" type="checkbox" value="1" name="group[166][1] >
  <label for="mce-group[166]-166-0">I agree</label>
</li>

I've tried it all: id, name, xpath, text,... Running something like this:

select_box = driver.find_element_by_xpath('//*[@id="mce-group[166]-166-0"]')
select_box.click()

I get this error:

selenium.common.exceptions.ElementNotInteractableException: Message: Element <input id="mce-group[166]-166-0" name="group[166][1]" type="checkbox"> could not be scrolled into view

Answer 1

To click on the <input> element associated with the text I agree you need to induce WebDriverWait for the element_to_be_clickable() and you can use either of the following Locator Strategies :

• Using CSS_SELECTOR :

   WebDriverWait(driver, 20).until(EC.element_to_be_clickable((By.CSS_SELECTOR, "label[for=\"mce-group[166]-166-0\"]"))).click()

• Using XPATH :

   WebDriverWait(driver, 20).until(EC.element_to_be_clickable((By.XPATH, "//label[@for=\"mce-group[166]-166-0\"]"))).click()

• Note : You have to add the following imports:

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