Selenium python Error: element could not be scrolled into view

Question

I am working on automating the IdentiGO application for my company, and I\'m getting the following error:

Internal Server Error: /identigo
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Answer 1

This error message...

selenium.common.exceptions.ElementNotInteractableException: Message: Element <span class="ui-button-text"> could not be scrolled into view

...implies that the WebDriver instance i.e. driver was unable to scroll the element within the Viewport to invoke click().

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First of all, as your usecase is to invoke click() on the element, ideally instead of using presence_of_element_located() you need to use the ExpectedConditions as element_to_be_clickable() as follows:

WebDriverWait(driver, 1000000).until(EC.element_to_be_clickable((By.XPATH, '/html/body/div[5]/div[3]/div/button/span'))).click()

You can find a couple of detailed discussions in:

• Message: Element could not be scrolled into view while trying to click on an option within a dropdown menu through Selenium
• org.openqa.selenium.ElementNotInteractableException: Element could not be scrolled into view when trying to click a button

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As an alternative, as per the error message, to scroll an element within the Viewport before invoking click() you can also use the Element.scrollIntoView() method.

You can find a detailed discussion in: - What is the difference between the different scroll options?

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At this point it is worth to mention, the following methods:

• move_to_element() from selenium.webdriver.common.action_chains
• element_to_be_clickable() from selenium.webdriver.support.expected_conditions

will automatically scroll the element within the Viewport.

You can find a detailed discussion in: - How to scroll a webpage using selenium webdriver in Python without using javascript method execute_script()

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This usecase

The button with text as Continue is within the Top Level Content but rendered within a Modal Dialog Box.

DevTools Snapshot:

As the desired element is within a Modal Dialog Box, so to locate and invoke click() on the element you have to induce WebDriverWait for the element_to_be_clickable() and you can use the following Locator Strategy:

• Using XPATH:

  WebDriverWait(driver, 20).until(EC.element_to_be_clickable((By.XPATH, "//div[starts-with(@aria-describedby, 'ui-id-')]//span[@class='ui-button-text' and text()='Continue']"))).click()
  

• Note : You have to add the following imports :

  from selenium.webdriver.support.ui import WebDriverWait
  from selenium.webdriver.common.by import By
  from selenium.webdriver.support import expected_conditions as EC
  

DevTools Snapshot:

Answer 2

Use the following xpath and click on that.

element=WebDriverWait(driver,30).until(EC.element_to_be_clickable((By.XPATH,"//div[@class='ui-dialog-buttonset']/button[@class='ui-button ui-widget ui-state-default ui-corner-all ui-button-text-only']/span[contains(.,'Continue')]")))
element.click()

If above click not work then try below one.

element=WebDriverWait(driver,30).until(EC.element_to_be_clickable((By.XPATH,"//div[@class='ui-dialog-buttonset']/button[@class='ui-button ui-widget ui-state-default ui-corner-all ui-button-text-only']/span[contains(.,'Continue')]")))
element.location_once_scrolled_into_view
element.click()

or you can use javascripts executor to click.

element=WebDriverWait(driver,30).until(EC.element_to_be_clickable((By.XPATH,"//div[@class='ui-dialog-buttonset']/button[@class='ui-button ui-widget ui-state-default ui-corner-all ui-button-text-only']/span[contains(.,'Continue')]")))
driver.execute_script("arguments[0].click();", element)

EDITED

Try the below code it is clicking on continue button where both continue and cancel button there.once you click on continue you will another continue button to click.The code i have updated from schedule app.

#Schedule appointment
ele1=WebDriverWait(driver,40).until(expected_conditions.element_to_be_clickable((By.XPATH,'(//button[@class="jquiButton ui-button ui-widget ui-state-default ui-corner-all ui-button-text-only"]/span[contains(.,"Schedule")])[1]')))
driver.execute_script("arguments[0].click();",ele1)
#click on continue button
WebDriverWait(driver,40).until(expected_conditions.element_to_be_clickable((By.XPATH,'//button[@class="twoButton continueButton ui-button ui-widget ui-state-default ui-corner-all ui-button-text-only"]/span[contains(.,"Continue")]'))).click()
#click on second continue button
WebDriverWait(driver,40).until(expected_conditions.element_to_be_clickable((By.XPATH,'//button[@class="ui-button ui-widget ui-state-default ui-corner-all ui-button-text-only"]/span[contains(.,"Continue")]'))).click()

EDITED Rest of the code.

from selenium.webdriver.common.by import By
from selenium.webdriver.support.ui import WebDriverWait
from selenium.webdriver.support import expected_conditions
from selenium.webdriver.common.action_chains import ActionChains
from selenium import webdriver
from selenium.webdriver.support.select import Select
import time

driver=webdriver.Chrome()
driver.get("https://tn.ibtfingerprint.com/")
driver.maximize_window()
WebDriverWait(driver,40).until(expected_conditions.element_to_be_clickable((By.XPATH,'//button[@name="IN_PublicMenuSelection"]/span[contains(.,"Schedule a New Appointment")]'))).click()
time.sleep(5)
select=Select(driver.find_element_by_id("varAgency"))
select.select_by_value("OTHR")
WebDriverWait(driver,40).until(expected_conditions.element_to_be_clickable((By.XPATH,'//button[@id="collectAgency"]/span[contains(.,"Go")]'))).click()
element=WebDriverWait(driver,40).until(expected_conditions.element_to_be_clickable((By.ID,'varAppType')))
select=Select(element)
select.select_by_value("60")
WebDriverWait(driver,40).until(expected_conditions.element_to_be_clickable((By.XPATH,'//button[@id="collectAppType"][contains(.,"Go")]'))).click()
time.sleep(10)

driver.find_element_by_id("varORI").send_keys("tnvc00047")
WebDriverWait(driver,40).until(expected_conditions.element_to_be_clickable((By.XPATH,'//button[@id="collectORI"][contains(.,"Go")]'))).click()
WebDriverWait(driver,40).until(expected_conditions.element_to_be_clickable((By.XPATH,'//button[@class="twoButton continueButton ui-button ui-widget ui-state-default ui-corner-all ui-button-text-only"]/span[contains(.,"yes")]'))).click()

elements=WebDriverWait(driver,40).until(expected_conditions.presence_of_all_elements_located((By.XPATH,'(//i[@class="icon checkbox fa fa-fw fa-square-o fa-2x"])[last()]')))
if(len(elements)>0):
   element=driver.find_element_by_xpath('(//div[@class="fieldentity"]//i[@class="icon checkbox fa fa-fw fa-square-o fa-2x"])[last()]')
   element.location_once_scrolled_into_view
   ActionChains(driver).move_to_element(element).click().perform()
   elements[0].click()
   driver.find_element_by_css_selector("div.fieldentity div").click()
   driver.execute_script("arguments[0].click();",element)
   element1=WebDriverWait(driver, 40).until(expected_conditions.element_to_be_clickable((By.XPATH,'//button[@class="jquiButton ui-button ui-widget ui-state-default ui-corner-all ui-button-text-only"]/span[contains(.,"Go")]')))
   driver.execute_script("arguments[0].click();", element1)

time.sleep(10)
driver.find_element_by_name("IN_varLocZipCode").send_keys("37204")
WebDriverWait(driver,40).until(expected_conditions.presence_of_element_located((By.XPATH,'//button[@class="jquiButton ui-button ui-widget ui-state-default ui-corner-all ui-button-text-only"]/span[contains(.,"Go")]'))).click()
ele1=WebDriverWait(driver,40).until(expected_conditions.element_to_be_clickable((By.XPATH,'(//button[@class="jquiButton ui-button ui-widget ui-state-default ui-corner-all ui-button-text-only"]/span[contains(.,"Schedule")])[1]')))
driver.execute_script("arguments[0].click();",ele1)
time.sleep(10)
WebDriverWait(driver,40).until(expected_conditions.element_to_be_clickable((By.XPATH,'//button[@class="twoButton continueButton ui-button ui-widget ui-state-default ui-corner-all ui-button-text-only"]/span[contains(.,"Continue")]'))).click()
WebDriverWait(driver,40).until(expected_conditions.element_to_be_clickable((By.XPATH,'//button[@class="ui-button ui-widget ui-state-default ui-corner-all ui-button-text-only"]/span[contains(.,"Continue")]'))).click()

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This Code is working fine on chrome browser and windows 10 OS.I have tested couple of times.

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from selenium.webdriver.common.by import By
from selenium.webdriver.support.ui import WebDriverWait
from selenium.webdriver.support import expected_conditions
from selenium import webdriver
from selenium.webdriver.support.select import Select


driver=webdriver.Chrome()
driver.get("https://tn.ibtfingerprint.com/")
driver.maximize_window()
WebDriverWait(driver,40).until(expected_conditions.element_to_be_clickable((By.XPATH,'//button[@name="IN_PublicMenuSelection"]/span[contains(.,"Schedule a New Appointment")]'))).click()
element=WebDriverWait(driver,40).until(expected_conditions.element_to_be_clickable((By.ID,'varAgency')))
select=Select(element)
select.select_by_value("OTHR")
WebDriverWait(driver,40).until(expected_conditions.element_to_be_clickable((By.XPATH,'//button[@id="collectAgency"]/span[contains(.,"Go")]'))).click()
element=WebDriverWait(driver,40).until(expected_conditions.element_to_be_clickable((By.ID,'varAppType')))
select=Select(element)
select.select_by_value("60")
WebDriverWait(driver,40).until(expected_conditions.element_to_be_clickable((By.XPATH,'//button[@id="collectAppType"][contains(.,"Go")]'))).click()

WebDriverWait(driver,40).until(expected_conditions.element_to_be_clickable((By.ID,'varORI'))).send_keys("tnvc00047")

WebDriverWait(driver,40).until(expected_conditions.element_to_be_clickable((By.XPATH,'//button[@id="collectORI"][contains(.,"Go")]'))).click()
WebDriverWait(driver,40).until(expected_conditions.element_to_be_clickable((By.XPATH,'//button[@class="twoButton continueButton ui-button ui-widget ui-state-default ui-corner-all ui-button-text-only"]/span[contains(.,"yes")]'))).click()


elements=WebDriverWait(driver,40).until(expected_conditions.presence_of_all_elements_located((By.XPATH,'(//form[@id="cjisAcknowledgementForm"]//div[@class="fieldentity"]//i[@class="icon checkbox fa fa-fw fa-square-o fa-2x"])[last()]')))

if(len(elements)>0):
   element=driver.find_element_by_xpath('(//form[@id="cjisAcknowledgementForm"]//div[@class="fieldentity"]//i[@class="icon checkbox fa fa-fw fa-square-o fa-2x"])[last()]')
   driver.execute_script("arguments[0].click();",element)
   element1=WebDriverWait(driver, 40).until(expected_conditions.element_to_be_clickable((By.XPATH,'//button[@class="jquiButton ui-button ui-widget ui-state-default ui-corner-all ui-button-text-only"]/span[contains(.,"Go")]')))
   driver.execute_script("arguments[0].click();", element1)

WebDriverWait(driver,40).until(expected_conditions.element_to_be_clickable((By.NAME,'IN_varLocZipCode'))).send_keys("37204")

WebDriverWait(driver,40).until(expected_conditions.presence_of_element_located((By.XPATH,'//button[@class="jquiButton ui-button ui-widget ui-state-default ui-corner-all ui-button-text-only"]/span[contains(.,"Go")]'))).click()
ele1=WebDriverWait(driver,40).until(expected_conditions.element_to_be_clickable((By.XPATH,'(//button[@class="jquiButton ui-button ui-widget ui-state-default ui-corner-all ui-button-text-only"]/span[contains(.,"Schedule")])[1]')))
driver.execute_script("arguments[0].click();",ele1)

WebDriverWait(driver,40).until(expected_conditions.element_to_be_clickable((By.XPATH,'//button[@class="twoButton continueButton ui-button ui-widget ui-state-default ui-corner-all ui-button-text-only"]/span[contains(.,"Continue")]'))).click()
WebDriverWait(driver,40).until(expected_conditions.element_to_be_clickable((By.XPATH,'//button[@class="ui-button ui-widget ui-state-default ui-corner-all ui-button-text-only"]/span[contains(.,"Continue")]'))).click()