{"id":1086,"hash":"a90e3462996fdf37b8ccc149b54273f165b3009ea46ee5cef899a71f9c832022","pattern":"Debugging "Element is not clickable at point" error","full_message":"I see this only in Chrome.\n\nThe full error message reads:\n\n  \"org.openqa.selenium.WebDriverException: Element is not clickable at point (411, 675). Other element would receive the click: ...\"\n\nThe element that 'would receive the click' is to the side of the element in question, not on top of it and not overlapping it, not moving around the page.\n\nI have tried adding an offset, but that does not work either.  The item is on the displayed window without any need for scrolling.","ecosystem":"pypi","package_name":"google-chrome","package_version":null,"solution":"This is caused by following 3 types:\n\n1. The element is not visible to click.\n\nUse Actions or JavascriptExecutor for making it to click.\n\nBy Actions:\n\nWebElement element = driver.findElement(By(\"element_path\"));\n\nActions actions = new Actions(driver);\n\nactions.moveToElement(element).click().perform();\n\nBy JavascriptExecutor:\n\nJavascriptExecutor jse = (JavascriptExecutor)driver;\n\njse.executeScript(\"scroll(250, 0)\"); // if the element is on top.\n\njse.executeScript(\"scroll(0, 250)\"); // if the element is on bottom.\n\nor\n\nJavascriptExecutor jse = (JavascriptExecutor)driver;\n\njse.executeScript(\"arguments[0].scrollIntoView()\", Webelement); \n\nThen click on the element.\n\n2. The page is getting refreshed before it is clicking the element.\n\nFor this, make the page to wait for few seconds.\n\n3. The element is clickable but there is a spinner/overlay on top of it\n\nThe below code will wait until the overlay disppears\n\nBy loadingImage = By.id(\"loading image ID\");\n\nWebDriverWait wait = new WebDriverWait(driver, timeOutInSeconds);\n\nwait.until(ExpectedConditions.invisibilityOfElementLocated(loadingImage));\n\nThen click on the element.","confidence":0.95,"source":"stackoverflow","source_url":"https://stackoverflow.com/questions/11908249/debugging-element-is-not-clickable-at-point-error","votes":486,"created_at":"2026-04-19T04:52:19.393910+00:00","updated_at":"2026-04-19T04:52:19.393910+00:00"}