Selenium WebDriver Click() fails with IE9

Question

(I\'ve looked at many other similar posts on SO and have unfortunately not been able to solve this problem, so here goes...)

I\'m using Selenium WebDriver (C# implementa

Answer 1

The following worked for me:

@FindBy(id = "submit_action")
WebElement submitButton_;
...
public void clickSubmit() {

    if (driver_ instanceof InternetExplorerDriver) {
        ((JavascriptExecutor) driver_).executeScript("arguments[0].fireEvent('onclick');", submitButton_);
    }
    else {
        submitButton_.click();
    }
}

As fireEvent is only supported by IE hence the alternative.