ElementNotInteractableException is the W3C exception which is thrown to indicate that although an element is present on the HTML DOM, it is not in a state that can be interacted with.
The reason for ElementNotInteractableException to occur can be numerous.
Temporary Overlay of other WebElement
over the WebElement
of our interest :
In this case, the direct solution would have been to induce ExplicitWait
i.e. WebDriverWait
in combination with ExpectedCondition
as invisibilityOfElementLocated
as folllows:
WebDriverWait wait2 = new WebDriverWait(driver, 10);
wait2.until(ExpectedConditions.invisibilityOfElementLocated(By.xpath("xpath_of_element_to_be_invisible")));
driver.findElement(By.xpath("xpath_element_to_be_clicked")).click();
A better solution will be to get a bit more granular and instead of using ExpectedCondition
as invisibilityOfElementLocated
we can use ExpectedCondition
as elementToBeClickable
as follows:
WebDriverWait wait1 = new WebDriverWait(driver, 10);
WebElement element1 = wait1.until(ExpectedConditions.elementToBeClickable(By.xpath("xpath_of_element_to_be_clicked")));
element1.click();
Permanent Overlay of other WebElement
over the WebElement
of our interest :
If the overlay is a permanent one in this case we have to cast the WebDriver
instance as JavascriptExecutor
and perform the click operation as follows:
WebElement ele = driver.findElement(By.xpath("element_xpath"));
JavascriptExecutor executor = (JavascriptExecutor)driver;
executor.executeScript("arguments[0].click();", ele);