Not able to login into application using Selenium webdriver

Question

I have to create a demo for a new web-application using Selenium Webdriver Java, this demo is being created for a client meeting (as to show him, compatibility of Selenium with their application). But my bad luck I got stuck on the very login page. I have to use client provided machine for this (so I am not the administrator of the system).

The issue is when I try to log in manually, I am able to log in without any problem, but when I fire the same steps using Selenium Webdriver, it is hitting the login button but processing stops after 1-2 seconds (tried many times).

In place of .click(), I have tried sendKeys(Keys.ENTER) and sendKeys(Keys.RETURN). Also, I have tried launching Firefox with different user profiles too like this

ProfilesIni profile = new ProfilesIni();
FirefoxProfile myprofile = profile.getProfile("abc.Default User");
WebDriver driver = new FirefoxDriver(myprofile);

but these solutions are not working. I tried the same kind of scripting on other applications (like Gmail, Flipkart etc.) and they are working fine.

Additional information:

1. I know that there is some kind of javascript which is fired on clicking of the login button which is required for login (but have found that with other tools like Test Studio, VSTS Coded UI and Selenium IDE this case is working fine for this application).
2. Even after using a different profile (as mentioned in the mode above), Firefox instance launched by Selenium is different then when it is manually launched. But I have tried with different profiles.
3. Have tried after converting Selenium IDE code into the WebDriver but still same issue.

Answer 1

If the login form is 'hijacked' via JavaScript your test might be running too fast. So if you open the url, enter values, and submit it won't work. You can try adding a 'pause' for 1500ms after opening the page to give the JS time to load (as a test of this theory). To submit the form a click() on the button should work. You could also try 'submit' form.

Answer 2

I also faced a similar problem with my application. Clicking the element through action class worked for me.

WebElement webElement = driver.findElement(By.id("Your ID Here"));
Actions builder = new Actions(driver);
builder.moveToElement(webElement).click(webElement);
builder.perform();

If clicking with action class does not work, you can also try clicking element by Javascript.

WebElement webElement = driver.findElement(By.id("Your ID here"));
JavascriptExecutor executor = (JavascriptExecutor) driver;
executor.executeScript("arguments[0].click();", webElement);