Failure to select a menu item from a Bootstrap dropdown using Selenium

Automating a Bootstrap drop-down menu can be tricky, especially when the visibility is hidden by default. However, with Selenium, it's possible to make it visible and interact with it.

When trying to automate the bootstrap drop-down menu using Selenium, an issue arose where after clicking on the dropdown, the script was not selecting a value from it. The following exception was encountered:

Error: Exception in thread "main" org.openqa.selenium.ElementNotVisibleException: Cannot click on element

Here is a snippet of the HTML code for reference:

<a class="ui-button-text-icons" id="ctl00_Sitemap1_HyperLink1" href="javascript:void(void);">
    <span style="padding-right: 1.3em;">Dashboards</span>
    <span class="ui-button-icon-secondary ui-icon ui-icon-triangle-1-s"></span>
</a>
<ul style="visibility: hidden;">
    <li class="first featureGranted">
        <a href="ClassicDashboard.aspx">Classic Dashboard</a>
    </li>
</ul>

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Answer №1

Here are a few key points to consider:

  • Instead of going through all li elements, use Xpath to locate the desired element.
  • Avoid using JavaScript to click on elements unless Selenium's click method is not working properly.
  • If you encounter an error stating that the element is not visible, try using Explicit Wait until the element becomes visible, as shown below.

Code Snippet

Actions action = new Actions(driver);
WebElement we = driver.findElement(By.xpath("//*[@id='ctl00_Sitemap1_HyperLink1']"));
action.moveToElement(we).build().perform();
WebElement tmpElement= driver.findElement(By.xpath("//*[@id='ctl00_Sitemap1_HyperLink1']"));
JavascriptExecutor js = (JavascriptExecutor) driver;
// It's recommended to avoid clicking with JavaScript unless necessary
js.executeScript("arguments[0].click();", tmpElement);

WebDriverWait wait = new WebDriverWait(driver, 30);
WebElement eventDashboardMenu = wait.until(ExpectedConditions.visibilityOfElementLocated(By.xpath("//li[contains(text(),'Event Dashboard')]")));
eventDashboardMenu.click();

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