How To Resolve Element Click Intercepted Exception in Selenium?

Element click intercepted exception is a common exception. An independent utility must be created to handle such exceptions in any professional automation framework. There are multiple ways to handle this exception:

• Method-1: JavascriptExecutor click can be used in cases like when there is a dropdown suggestion list and an element that needs to be clicked gets hidden behind. This solution will do a force click on the required element and the sample code for performing this action is:

  JavascriptExecutor js = (JavascriptExecutor)driver;
  js.executeScript("arguments[0].click();", element);

• Method-2: Selenium wait until the element becomes clickable

  Sample Code: WebDriverWait wait = new WebDriverWait(driver, Duration.ofSeconds(10));
  wait.until(ExpectedConditions.elementToBeClickable(element))); element.click();

• Method-3: Element not visible due to requirement of scroll down

  Sample Code: WebElement element = driver.findElement(element locator);
  ((JavascriptExecutor) driver).executeScript("arguments[0].scrollIntoView(true);", element); element.click();

• Method-4: Use action class

  Sample Code: WebElement element = driver.findElement(element Locator);
  Actions actions = new Actions(driver); actions.moveToElement(element).click().build().perform();

• Method-5: Use static class

  Sample Code : Thread.sleep(10000);