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Element is found but not clickable

I'm trying to find an element by it's id, click on it and download a file.

driver.get(url);
driver.implicitly_wait(60);
time.sleep(3)
element = WebDriverWait(driver, 20).until(EC.element_to_be_clickable((By.ID, "ContentPlaceHolder1_a1")))
href = element.get_attribute('href')
value = href.split('/')[-1]
print(value);
element.click(); # Error

Error element click intercepted: Element is not clickable at point (110, 1003)

I've tried Xpath, and CSS path too. All give the same error. If I check for the visibility then it times out. But I can manually see that the element is visible

element = WebDriverWait(driver, 10).until(EC.visibility_of_element_located((By.XPATH, "//a[contains(text(), 'text of the link')]")))

At last, I tried this code.

element = WebDriverWait(driver, 20).until(EC.element_to_be_clickable((By.ID, "ContentPlaceHolder1_a1")))
ActionChains(driver).move_to_element(element).click().perform()

But it gives error

selenium.common.exceptions.MoveTargetOutOfBoundsException: Message: move target out of bounds
Solution

  • While identified the element, page is still loading, may be the reason it is clicking on somewhere else.

    Scroll down to the element and then wait for 1 to 2 seconds and then click.

    It is working perfectly for me.

    element = WebDriverWait(driver, 20).until(EC.element_to_be_clickable((By.ID, "ContentPlaceHolder1_a1")))
element.location_once_scrolled_into_view #scroll down to element
time.sleep(2) # wait for 2 seconds , 1 sec working as well
element.click()