Solution on ElementNotVisibleException in Selenium

Question

I need to click on a link which displays a popup. But, I'm receiving the following exception:

org.openqa.selenium.ElementNotVisibleException: Element is not currently visible and so may not be interacted with Command duration or timeout: 15.12 seconds

Here is the code:

driver.findElement(By.linkText("Account information")).click();
driver.findElement(By.linkText("Change Password")).click();
driver.findElement(By.id("changeEmail")).click();

and html:

<div class="col-md-9 col-sm-8 col-xs-12 frmmargin" ng-show="!externalUser && isextranalUser==true">
<div class="col-sm-12 col-xs-12">
<p>
<a ng-click="hidesuccessmsg()" data-toggle="modal" target="-self" href="#changeEmail">Change Password</a>
</p>
</div>
</div>

Please let me know what I'm missing here.

Answer 1

I'd recommend you to use any of the below wait methods. You may find success with any of these 3 methods, but it is always a good practice to use Explicit Wait as you are instructing the web driver to specifically look for what you need, instead of blindly waiting till the entire DOM gets loaded.

Explicit Wait: (Most Preferred)

WebDriverWait wait = new WebDriverWait(driver, 20);
WebElement element = wait.until(ExpectedConditions.elementToBeClickable(By.id("elementID")));

or

WebDriverWait wait = new WebDriverWait(driver, 20);
WebElement element = wait.until(ExpectedConditions.presenceOfElementLocated(By.id("elementID")));

Implicit Wait:

driver.manage().timeouts().implicitlyWait(10, TimeUnit.SECONDS);

Sleep: (Try to avoid this unless absolutely necessary)

Thread.sleep(1000);

Note: It'll be more helpful if you can provide the link you are trying to test, so that we can help you with a more accurate answer.

Answer 2

try below code :

driver.manage().timeouts().implicitlyWait(10, TimeUnit.SECONDS);
    if(driver.findElement(By.linkText("Accountinformation")).isDisplayed())
    {
    System.out.println("Displayed");
    }
else
{
  System.out.println("fail");
}