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click

Click on an element based on the given selector (unless the element is covered up).

Note: This issues a Webdriver click command for the selected element, which generally scrolls to and then clicks the selected element. However, if you have fixed-position elements (such as a fixed header or footer) that cover up the selected element after it is scrolled within the viewport, the click will be issued at the given coordinates, but will be received by your fixed (overlaying) element. In these cased the following error is thrown:

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Element is not clickable at point (x, x). Other element would receive the click: ..."

To work around this, try to find the overlaying element and click on it via execute command. You also can try to scroll to the element yourself using scroll with an offset appropriate for your scenario. If you find you frequently have to do this, creating a custom command is helpful.

Usage

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browser.click(selector);

Parameters

Param Type Details
selector String element to click on. If it matches with more than one DOM-element it automatically clicks on the first element

Example

example.html
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<button id="myButton" onclick="document.getElementById('someText').innerHTML='I was clicked'">Click me</button>
<div id="someText">I was not clicked</div>
click.js
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it('should demonstrate the click command', function () {
    var myButton = $('#myButton')
    myButton.click()
    // or
    browser.click('#myButton')

    var text = browser.getText('#someText');
    assert(text === 'I was clicked'); // true
})
example.js
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it('should fetch menu links and visit each page', function () {
    links = $$('#menu a');

    links.forEach(function (link) {
        link.click();
    });
});

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