Not able to use the Reference Variable to access methods in Intellij Maven project

Question

I'm new to coding and I will try to be as specific as possible. I will attach images for the steps I performed.

1. I created a maven project in IntelliJ. New Project and what I selected to create the project
2. The POM.xml file which was created automatically after I created the project. Auto generated pom.xml
3. I added the Selenium and Testng dependencies to the POM.xml and removed the JUNIT dependency as I wont be using it. Testng and Selenium Dependency
4. The Libraries are added to the project.
5. When I create a WebDriver class reference in the Test.java its give me suggestions. I create a reference variable. WebDriver reference variable
6. When I try to use the reference variable, it does not work. It wont give me any suggestions nor can I use any methods with it. WebDriver Reference Variable which can't be used

I'm not sure why this is happening and I have been trying to figure out what wrong with no luck.

1. I have tried deleting the class and creating a new one in both main/java and test/java
2. I have tried deleting the project and creating a new one.
3. Tried rebuilding the project.
4. Removing the dependencies and adding them again.

Can anyone please help me with this? I have not used IntelliJ before and I'm not sure why it keeps happening.

Answer 1

The problem is that you are typing code outside of a method. Your code is in the area reserved for class variable definitions, etc.

Change your code to the below and it should work.

import org.openqa.selenium.By;
import org.openqa.selenium.WebDriver;
import org.openqa.selenium.chrome.ChromeDriver;

public class AppTest {
    private int i = 0; // class variables/fields go here, not code.

    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
        String url = "https://www.google.com";

        WebDriver driver = new ChromeDriver();
        driver.manage().window().maximize();
        driver.get(url);

        driver.findElement(By.cssSelector("textarea[name='q']")).sendKeys("Selenium/r/n");
    }
}