Selenium - Element not interactable

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Needing help on this problem. All solutions/suggestions I have researched do not fix it.

Trying to click a button with Selenium. Keep getting these errors. selenium.common.exceptions.ElementNotInteractableException: Message: element not interactable: [object HTMLButtonElement] has no size and location and selenium.common.exceptions.ElementNotInteractableException: Message: element not interactable

I am not understanding why this element is not interactable.

    play_button = driver.find_element_by_xpath('//*[@id="ppp"]/div/div[2]/div[2]/div[2]/button')
    driver.implicitly_wait(10)
    ActionChains(driver).move_to_element(play_button).click(play_button).perform()

When printing play_button = <selenium.webdriver.remote.webelement.WebElement (session="ca50b37ee2e4b194b2ad5305e254079f", element="78e35dc3-fef8-4082-a6e4-0a92dfbf2ec6")>

I have tried WebDriverWait(driver, 20).until(EC.element_to_be_clickable((By.XPATH, '//*[@id="ppp"]/div/div[2]/div[2]/div[2]/button'))) but this times out. Element never becomes clickable.

I have tried using the full xpath.

I have tried disabling extensions/maximize window driver options.

The element is not in a frame or anything. It lies in a div that lies in the body. The element is clickable within Chrome's console.

Any information/suggestions would be helpful. Thanks.

I have suggested some answer, but it would be better if you could share the page link — Prophet
– Prophet, Commented Aug 26, 2021 at 22:09

Prophet · Accepted Answer · 2021-08-26 22:49:43Z

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The button you are trying to click is hidden, not clickable even with JavaScript executor.
You can start video on that page clicking on

driver.find_element_by_css_selector('div.player-poster.clickable').click()

or

driver.find_element_by_css_selector('div.play-wrapper').click()

No need to use ActionChains(driver).move_to_element etc.
Just a simple click.
Just don't forget setting

driver.implicitly_wait(10)

Or using an explicitly wait of expected conditions to make page loaded before accessing the element.

edited Aug 26, 2021 at 22:49

answered Aug 26, 2021 at 22:09

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JOhn Over a year ago

First solution - Gave same error of element not interactable: [object HTMLButtonElement] has no size and location on line .move_to_element

JOhn Over a year ago

Second solution - did nothing at all..... Would this mean the element isnt clickable to being with? whats confusing is I can get the element within Chrome's console and click it but not when ejecting js? Idk. thanks for the suggestions.

Prophet Over a year ago

Maybe it is inside an iframe? Can you share a link?

Prophet Over a year ago

Try clicking by this css_selector div.player-poster.clickable

Prophet Over a year ago

The button you are trying to click is hidden, not clickable even with JS

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kraftwerk · Accepted Answer · 2022-09-05 00:52:33Z

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Using full XPath solved this problem for me.

answered Sep 5, 2022 at 0:52

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