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Selenium::WebDriver::Error::UnknownError: Permission denied to access property "handleEvent"

When trying to click on a link I get the following:

Selenium::WebDriver::Error::UnknownError: Permission denied to access property "handleEvent"
from [remote server] https://cdn.shopify.com/s/assets/admin-1281904798962f996c66cecd685ab47c.js:11:in `unknown'

Here's the code:

$browser.elements(css: "a.btn:nth-child(3)")[0].click

The funny thing is that when I try to do this manually with Pry, it works.

# Works
add_new_link_button = $browser.elements(css: "a.btn:nth-child(3)")[0]
add_new_link_button.click

I'm using ruby (2.2.2p95), watir (5.0.0), watir-webdriver (0.8.0), selenium (0.2.11), selenium-webdriver (2.47.1) and Firefox (40.0.3). I've also tried it with Firefox (36.0).

Any ideas on what to try next?

Update:

I've just tried with Firefox 35.0 and it works. So this seems to be a Firefox/selenium compatibility issue.

Solution

  • This seems to be a compatibility issue with Firefox and Selenium. I've tried it with Firefox 35.0 and that did work.