Query - web driver element click is not working

Here is my code snnipet -

WebDriver driver = new InternetExplorerDriver();
driver.get("https://localhost:8080/fileServer/Tomcat/configuration.jsp");
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System.out.println("Title " + driver.findElement(By.id("auto-gen15")).getAttribute("title")); // This line gives proper output

driver.findElement(By.id("auto-gen15")).click(); // This line is not working and even no error is thrown...program completes without any error.
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When tried to record the testcase from selenium IDE and then statement comes as
selenium.click("auto-gen15");

Please help me, i m stuck here and cant find any reason for the issue. Thanks a lot in advance !!

Hi,
may the element is not id , it may be a name. try to find out the exact id with the help of firebug.

If all is fine then try to click the element by following way:

Code:


//first declare the webelement
      WebElement oSearchButton = oWebDriver.findElement(By.name("btnG"));
     
      //then perform operation on it
      oSearchButton.click();


I think you directly used the element without defining. May be this will solve your problem.

Hi Adviser..thanks for ur reply.

I used firebug only to find the id of button and its correct.
By id i m able to get the button but still click operation is not working even by using ur way of defining element.

here is the html code of button from firebug -


?button type="button" class="btn-text coreSave" id="auto-gen15" title="Save"> ?/button

replace question mark with angular brackets

I think you Id is auto generated as name suggest which changes during run time. Please check whether it's changing at runtime or it's a static.

Thanks Adviser...
Didnt understand the exact issue but below statement solved my problem -

driver.findElement(By.id("auto-gen15")).sendKeys(Keys.ENTER)

Instead of click i used send "Enter" key

Aks,

Did you learn any more about the cause of this? I have a test that performs a Click command. It works with the FirefoxDriver and InternetExplorerDriver, but does not work with the ChromeDriver. SendKeys works for Chrome, but I actually want to send a click, not sendkeys.

Did you ever find out more?

Chuck

SendKeys is a limited workaround because it only works when the window has the focus. In my case this does not work because I want to run multiple instances in parallel so only one can have the focus...