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How to use JavaScript in Selenium to click an Element?
We can use the JavaScript Executor in Selenium to click an element.
Selenium can execute JavaScript commands with the help of the method executeScript.
Sometimes while clicking a link, we get the IllegalStateException, to avoid this exception, the JavaScript executor is used instead of the method click. The parameters to be passed to the executeScript method to click an element are - arguments[0].click(); and the web element locator.
Syntax
WebElement m=driver.findElement(By.linkText("Company"));
JavascriptExecutor js = (JavascriptExecutor) driver;
js.executeScript("arguments[0].click();", m);Let us click the link Company on the below page −
Example
import org.openqa.selenium.By;
import org.openqa.selenium.WebDriver;
import org.openqa.selenium.WebElement;
import org.openqa.selenium.chrome.ChromeDriver;
import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
import org.openqa.selenium.JavascriptExecutor;
public class ClickLnkJS{
public static void main(String[] args) {
System.setProperty("webdriver.chrome.driver", "C:\Users\ghs6kor\Desktop\Java\chromedriver.exe");
WebDriver driver = new ChromeDriver();
//implicit wait
driver.manage().timeouts().implicitlyWait(5, TimeUnit.SECONDS);
driver.get("https://www.tutorialspoint.com/about/about_careers.htm");
// identify element
WebElement m = driver.findElement(By.linkText("Company"));
// click with Javascript Executor
JavascriptExecutor js = (JavascriptExecutor) driver;
js.executeScript("arguments[0].click();", m);
System.out.println("Page navigated to:" + driver.getTitle());
driver.quit();
}
}Output
Updated on: 03-Apr-2021
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