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Asked: 2026-05-22T16:53:48+00:00

I am trying to click on a link using webdriver but it throws me

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I am trying to click on a link using webdriver but it throws me a ElementNotVisibleException saying “Element is not currently visible and so may not be interacted with”

My WebDriver code:

addProgram.click();

addProgram refers to an anchor element. This is populated by annotating @FindBy(how= How.LINK_TEXT, using=”Add Program”). In other words it is similar to driver.findElement(By.linkText(“Add Program”)).

My HTML is:

<div class="form_btn">
<a href="/program/addProgram">   
<span>Addrogram</span
</a>
</div>

It starts working when I remove the css declaration from the above div. The dive has a hover style, may be that is the one causing the problem.

CSS:

.form_btn { 
    float:left; 
background:url(/bg_button_right.gif) no-repeat scroll top     
    right; 
color: #fff; 
display: block; 
height:22px; 
font: bold 10px arial; 
margin-right: 0px; 
margin-top:2px; 
padding-right: 4px; /* sliding doors padding */ 
text-decoration: none; 
}

.form_btn span { 
background:url(/assets/images/provider/bg_button_left.gif) no-repeat; 
display: block; 
float:left; 
line-height:18px; 
padding: 2px 5px 5px 10px; 
font-size:11px; 
}

.form_btn a{ 
color:#fff;
}

.form_btn a:hover{ 
color:#fff; 
text-decoration:none; 
cursor:hand;
}

I have trawled the web trying to find a solution but none has worked. Any suggestions/help is greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
Chris.

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  1. Editorial Team

    (UPDATE) This issue was resolved and should be available since Selenium 2.4.0

    Sounds like you ran into the same bug as I did:

    http://code.google.com/p/selenium/issues/detail?id=1445

    the work-around is to get the element inside the link and click.

    re-writing your code:

    driver.findElement(By.linkText("Add Program")).findElementBy(By.tagName("span"))
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