How do you click on an element which is hidden using Selenium WebDriver?

Question

I have a web application which I am automating using WebDriver and Python.

The issue is that there is a menu something like this

Answer 1

Grab the element you want to click:

# Or using xparth or something
element = driver.find_element_by_css_selector(css_selector)

Click it using javascript:

driver.execute_script("$(arguments[0]).click();", element)

NOTE: I'm using jQuery otherwise select it native with javascript

Answer 2

If your application uses jQuery you can use it to specify a target element which will simplify your work. E.g.

$('.targetClass')

Answer 3

You can use JavaScriptExecutor

For Eg. - document.getElementsByClassName('post-tag')[0].click();

Issue that JS via JavaScriptExecutor

  (JavascriptExecutor(webdriver)).executeScript("document.getElementsByClassName('post-tag')[0].click();");