java - Selenium xpath not clicking on Image link

Question

Im trying to use selenium to select the first result in a search.

To click on the first image im using xpath way to find the first result from the search. The code is

driver.findElement(By.xpath("//*[@id='category-search-wrapper']/div[2]/div/ol/li[1]/article/a")).click();

and from using the f12 and then ctrl f tools on the website it shows that I have the correct xpath

However, it is not clicking on the Image. Here is the website that I am trying to test if it's any help. https://www.dunnesstores.com/search?keywords=lamp

question from:https://stackoverflow.com/questions/65945613/selenium-xpath-not-clicking-on-image-link

Answer 1

To click() on the first result from the search you need to induce WebDriverWait for the elementToBeClickable() and you can use either of the following Locator Strategies:

• cssSelector:

  driver.get("https://www.dunnesstores.com/search?keywords=lamp")
  new WebDriverWait(driver, 20).until(ExpectedConditions.elementToBeClickable(By.cssSelector("button#onetrust-accept-btn-handler"))).click();
  new WebDriverWait(driver, 20).until(ExpectedConditions.elementToBeClickable(By.cssSelector("ol.product-list.product-list-main > li a"))).click();
  

• xpath:

  driver.get("https://www.dunnesstores.com/search?keywords=lamp")
  new WebDriverWait(driver, 20).until(ExpectedConditions.elementToBeClickable(By.xpath("//button[@id='onetrust-accept-btn-handler']"))).click();
  new WebDriverWait(driver, 20).until(ExpectedConditions.elementToBeClickable(By.xpath("//ol[@class='product-list product-list-main']/li//a"))).click();
  

• Browser Snapshot: