Silenium webdriver using Java: Exception in thread "main" org.openqa.selenium.ElementNotVisibleException:

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I am using Webdriver and trying to click on a link (Billing) which further has a dropdown(My Quotes). To locate billing and then to click on My Quotes link, I am using the below code:

String xp = "//*[@id='Primary_Navbar-Billing']/a";  // With this xpath I can search on my Firefox browser but using the same in my code gives me an error: 

WebElement menu = driver.findElement(By.xpath(xp));


    driver.manage().timeouts().implicitlyWait(50, TimeUnit.SECONDS);
    // Initiate mouse action using Actions class
    Actions builder = new Actions(driver);    

    // move the mouse to the earlier identified menu option
    builder.moveToElement(menu).build().perform();

    //identify menu option from the resulting menu display and click
    driver.findElement(By.linkText("My Quotes")).click();

I am getting an error:

Exception in thread "main" org.openqa.selenium.ElementNotVisibleException:

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– halfer, Commented Apr 10, 2017 at 8:31

JC Jamet · Accepted Answer · 2017-04-10 07:36:08Z

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you can try those 3 options:

Add a Thread.sleep(YourMilliSecondesTime); before your click(); action.
Use Xpath instead By.linkText to find your link, Xpath is ALWAYS the better option.
or try this: driver.findElement(By.xpath("//span[text()='YOURLINKTEXTEHERE']")).click()); if for any reason you don't have a good xpath for this element.

Hope this will help. :)

answered Apr 10, 2017 at 7:36

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JC Jamet Over a year ago

or explicity wait or use Id. Many Options.

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