webdriver is not able to click on a hyperlink in firefox

Question

package testproject;

import org.openqa.selenium.By;
import org.openqa.selenium.WebDriver;
import org.openqa.selenium.WebElement;
import org.openqa.selenium.firefox.         


        

Answer 1

Please try below. It should work

List<WebElement> elements = driver.findElement(By.LinkText("Gmail"))
elements.get(0).click().

Answer 2

The XPATH in the code is DIV element but you want to click on ANCHOR Gmail So update the xpath for ANCHOR and click on it.

Answer 3

I have posted this question in Jan saying that the web-driver was not able to click on the hyperlink and just now i got the solution. Actually the xpath for the hyperlink was not accurate. I had used this xpath- .//*[@id='gb']/div[1]/div[1]/div[1]/div[2] which was locating the logo but not the button.

Today i changed it by .//*[@id='gb']/div[1]/div[1]/div[1]/div[2]/a and now its working absolutely fine.

Please don't be angry on me because i was going through the questions which i had asked from the forum and found this question. I got the solution for the problem thats why i am sharing this.

Answer 4

Try with implimentig implicit wait after driver initializes. by adding below line driver.manage().timeouts().implicitlyWait(50, TimeUnit.SECONDS);

Answer 5

I have tested the below code,it clicks on GMAIL link on google page,if your question is solved then select as answer

WebDriver driver= new FirefoxDriver();
driver.get("https://www.google.co.in/");
WebElement wb1= driver.findElement(By.xpath(".//*[@id='gb']/div[1]/div[1]/div[1]/div[2]/a"));
wb1.click();

Answer 6

This should work,

new WebDriverWait(driver,30).until(ExpectedConditions.visibilityOfElementLocated(By.linkText("Gmail"))).click();