Selenium cannot click on input button

Question

I am testing the website BookDepository for a course project. I decided to make a utility test case for the Login process, which I could use for other test cases instead of signing in every time. However, the click command for the Sign In input doesn't seem to work. All test cases pass but the login process does not occur. The button isn't really clicked (or so it seems). Selenium IDE correctly identifies the input button by its id. Replacing the target expression with XPath/CSS alternatives doesn't work. pause at the end of the test doesn't work either. Am I missing something?

EDIT: I noticed that if I select "Play from here" on the faulty click command, the click does occur.

Answer 1

Working solution :

• I can perform click on Sign In button have not face any challenge with ID - signInSubmit

• Example :

element=driver.find_element(By.ID,"signInSubmit") element.click()

Answer 2

You can try clicking the Sign In button using JavaScript executor.

WebElement signInButton = driver.findElement(By.id("sign-in"));
JavascriptExecutor executor = (JavascriptExecutor)driver;
executor.executeScript("arguments[0].click();", signInButton);

If that doesn't work you can try adding wait:

1. Implicit Wait: Add a short implicit wait of 2-3 seconds before clicking the Sign In button to ensure the page is loaded and the element is clickable.

2. Explicit Wait: Use an explicit wait for the presence of the Sign In button and then click it. This would wait for the specified amount of time until the element is clickable.