How to avoid “StaleElementReferenceException” in Selenium?

Question

I\'m implementing a lot of Selenium tests using Java. Sometimes, my tests fail due to a StaleElementReferenceException. Could you suggest some approaches to mak

Answer 1

I've found solution here. In my case element becomes inaccessible in case of leaving current window, tab or page and coming back again.

.ignoring(StaleElement...), .refreshed(...) and elementToBeClicable(...) did not help and I was getting exception on act.doubleClick(element).build().perform(); string.

Using function in my main test class:

openForm(someXpath);

My BaseTest function:

int defaultTime = 15;

boolean openForm(String myXpath) throws Exception {
    int count = 0;
    boolean clicked = false;
    while (count < 4 || !clicked) {
        try {
            WebElement element = getWebElClickable(myXpath,defaultTime);
            act.doubleClick(element).build().perform();
            clicked = true;
            print("Element have been clicked!");
            break;
        } catch (StaleElementReferenceException sere) {
            sere.toString();
            print("Trying to recover from: "+sere.getMessage());
            count=count+1;
        }
    }

My BaseClass function:

protected WebElement getWebElClickable(String xpath, int waitSeconds) {
        wait = new WebDriverWait(driver, waitSeconds);
        return wait.ignoring(StaleElementReferenceException.class).until(
                ExpectedConditions.refreshed(ExpectedConditions.elementToBeClickable(By.xpath(xpath))));
    }