After scrolling the page, xpath of a element is not present

Question

I have requirement that needs to check a div on home page that contains sub images. I am trying like this

My Sample Code :

module.exports.openurl('www.google.com', "Online Shopping | Buy Phones, Computers,Fashion");
driver.sleep(5000);
module.exports.scrollto(0,400);          
driver.isElementPresent(webdriver.By.xpath(fexpath)).then(function(present){
    if (present){
        //goes logic here
    }else{
        //everytime its going here                
    }

Here I am getting false as return value. I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong.

Answer 1

Thanks for your suggestions Guys

I have solved my problem by using the javascript executor. Below is the code:

var element = driver.findElement(webdriver.By.xpath(xpath));
driver.executeScript("arguments[0].scrollIntoView(true);", element);

Answer 2

U should try scroll to element. it is in api. Element should be visible to interact with it.

also check:

1. Did it occurs when windows is maximized?
2. Did it work with css locator?
3. Is it browser dependent?(on all drivers or specific one).

Answer 3

Best practices recommend to use XPath as locator of last resort. Did you tried locating element by ID or name? Or even CSS?