selenium - Getting time out exception when trying to identify the webelemnt

Question

Below is the Code:

WebElement Username=d1.findElement(By.xpath("//*[@id='username']"));
Username.sendKeys("aadmin");

WebElement Password=d1.findElement(By.xpath("//*[@id='login_form']/tbody/tr/td/table/tbody/tr[12]/td[2]/input"));
Password.sendKeys("admin");

WebElement signin=d1.findElement(By.xpath("//*[@id='submit_']"));
signin.click();

System.out.println("User admin has logged in  "+ d1.getTitle());
w1.until(ExpectedConditions.elementToBeClickable(By.xpath("//*[@id='spaces-menu']/ul/li[1]"))).click();

System.out.println("User Admin clicks on Record button");

//Thread.sleep(5000);
d1.manage().timeouts().implicitlyWait(10, TimeUnit.SECONDS);

//Switching the control
int size2=d1.findElements(By.tagName("iframe")).size();
System.out.println("iframe size is---" + size2);

WebDriverWait w2= new WebDriverWait (d1, 15);       
//w2.until(ExpectedConditions.frameToBeAvailableAndSwitchToIt(0));
w2.until(ExpectedConditions.frameToBeAvailableAndSwitchToIt(By.tagName("iframe")));

System.out.println("Page title is     "+d1.getTitle());

//d1.switchTo().frame("iframe-page-container");

//d1.switchTo().frame(d1.findElement(By.tagName("iframe")));

WebDriverWait w3= new WebDriverWait (d1,30);

WebElement New=w3.until(ExpectedConditions.visibilityOfElementLocated(By.xpath("//div[@id='capTypePopup']")));
    //WebElement New=w3.until(ExpectedConditions.visibilityOfElementLocated(By.className("menu-middle-normal-button")));
    //WebElement New=w3.until(ExpectedConditions.visibilityOfElementLocated(By.id("menuButtonContain-6")));
    //New.click();

    //d1.manage().timeouts().implicitlyWait(10, TimeUnit.SECONDS);
    //JavascriptExecutor js = (JavascriptExecutor) d1;
    //WebElement element = d1.findElement(By.id("menuButtonContain-6"));

    //js.executeScript("arguments[0].setAttribute('type', '')",element);

    //System.out.println(d1.findElement(By.id("menuButtonContain-6")).getAttribute("value"));


    //Actions a1= new Actions(d1);
    //a1.moveToElement(New).click(New).build().perform();

    //d1.findElement(By.xpath("//*[@id='tr_menubar']/td"));
    //d1.findElement(By.xpath("//*[@id='capTypePopup']")).click();
    //w1.until(ExpectedConditions.elementToBeClickable(By.className("portlet-menu-item"))).click();
    //w2.until(ExpectedConditions.elementToBeClickable(By.xpath("//*[@id='capTypePopup']/font"))).click();
    System.out.println("Click on the new button");

Below is the DOM of the page, i am trying to click on New button which inside the iframe.

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Answer 1

The xpath:

//div[@id='capTypePopup']

you used will find more than one elements,selenium will use the first find element, which may be not the one your expected.

From your screenshot, i noticed there are already two, I guess there should be another one ahead of the div your desired and it's not visible.

Use Dev tool to test the //div[@id='capTypePopup'], and confirm the first found div is visible or not.

If not visible, use more strict xpath which can find the div you desired. After that your problem should gone.