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Element is not clickable at point SeleniumWebdriverException

This issue comes only when working with chrome driver as the chrome browsers uses point location. When the element position is not fixed and we are trying to do some action on that particular element will result an error as 'selenium.common.exceptions.WebDriverException - Element is not clickable at point (xx, xx). Other element would receive the click'.

Assertions in TestNG

What is Assertion????
Asserts helps us to verify the conditions of the test and decide whether test has failed or passed. A test is considered successful ONLY if it is completed without throwing any exception. There is a difference between SoftAssert and Hard Assert.

Let us focus more on using Assertions (Hard assert). Also check SoftAssert example in TestNG for more details on soft asserts.

StaleElementReference Exceptions in Selenium Webdriver

This Exception occurs when driver is trying to perform action on the element which is no longer exists or not valid.

WebElement ele = driver.findElement(By.id("sample"));
// Before clicking some thing happened and DOM has changed due to page refresh, or element is removed and re-added
ele.click();

Now at this point, the element which you're clicking is no longer valid.

so it throws up its hands and gives control to user, who as the test/app author should know exactly what may or may not happen.

Firefox Not Connected Exception in Selenium

Scripts that worked earlier may be till yesterday are NOW not working because of Firefox browser upgraded to new version.

Most of them have faced the similar problem when the browser has updated to version . This is the first issue user notices when there is an update in the firefox browser and may not support selenium with older version of jars.

First we need to check if the selenium has come up with new version. Click here to download the latest version of selenium