Element not visible exception in Selenium java

Question

I am trying to click a menu item from a navigation bar. I was able to click the first menu item and navigate to that page. But when I tried to navigate to other pages it always gives ElementNotVisibleException.

HTML for the menu items.

<ul id="yw1" class="dropdown-menu">
 <li id="people_add"><a tabindex="-1" href="/index.php/People/add"><i class="fa fa-plus fa-1x "></i> Add People</a></li>
 <li id="people_search"><a tabindex="-1" href="/index.php/people/search"><i class="fa fa-search fa-1x "></i> Search People</a></li>
 <li id="people_merge"><a tabindex="-1" href="/index.php/people/mergeDup"><i class="fa fa-user fa-1x "></i> Merge Duplicates</a></li>
 <li id="bulk_insert"><a tabindex="-1" href="/index.php/BulkInsert/Admin"><i class="fa fa-file fa-1x "></i> Bulk Insert</a></li>
 </ul>

This code works for the first menu item.

driver1.findElement(By.id("people_add")).click();

But It doesn't work for the second menu item or any other.

driver1.findElement(By.id("people_search")).click();

I tried the xpath for the second menu item. but it also didn't work.I still got element not visible exception again.

How can I fix this?

What exactly do you mean by doesn't work? Do you see any error? Update the question with the error stack trace. — undetected Selenium
– undetected Selenium, Commented Jan 11, 2018 at 11:28
is menu item visible always or will be visible only when mouse over on main menu? — Murthi
– Murthi, Commented Jan 11, 2018 at 12:09
Possible duplicate of ElementNotVisibleException : Selenium Python — undetected Selenium
– undetected Selenium, Commented Jan 11, 2018 at 12:58
I guess there more than one element which id is 'people_search' and the first one is not visible. please confirm this by DevTool manaully to see css selector: #people_search can match how many elements on the problem page. — yong
– yong, Commented Jan 11, 2018 at 14:39

Community · Accepted Answer · 2020-06-20 09:12:55Z

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If you have mutiple frames in your application then try to go to the default content before clicking the second menu item.

driver.switchTo().defaultContent();

driver1.findElement(By.id("people_search")).click();

edited Jun 20, 2020 at 9:12

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