Why my Element not in view when page scrolls by itself in selenium?
<p>Now, suppose my page have 10 clickable links with same class, one below another at some distance, such that only 1st 3 links are shown in current view, others are seen when i scroll down. Now, i have written a code to click on all of them. It clicks on first 3 and then selenium scrolls my page to show link 5 to 7, page is scrolling too much so as not to show link 4 and since code is trying to click link 4 which is not visible, my code gives error- Element is not visible.</p>

<p>Code:</p>

<pre><code>def AddConnection(self):
        mylist=self.driver.find_elements_by_xpath("//a[@class='primary-action-button label']")
        for x in mylist:
            x.click()
</code></pre>

<p>Full Error:</p>

<pre><code>================================== FAILURES ===================================
_____________________________ test_add_connection _____________________________

driver = &lt;selenium.webdriver.firefox.webdriver.WebDriver (session="3a05990c-13b
-4418-baee-f0d54c611ff7")&gt;

&gt;       add.AddConnection()

test_add_connection.py:22:
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
PageSearchResults.py:24: in AddConnection
    x.click()
c:\python27\lib\site-packages\selenium\webdriver\remote\webelement.py:73: in cl
ck
    self._execute(Command.CLICK_ELEMENT)
c:\python27\lib\site-packages\selenium\webdriver\remote\webelement.py:456: in _
xecute
    return self._parent.execute(command, params)
c:\python27\lib\site-packages\selenium\webdriver\remote\webdriver.py:236: in ex
cute
    self.error_handler.check_response(response)
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

self = &lt;selenium.webdriver.remote.errorhandler.ErrorHandler object at 0x01E6ACB
&gt;
response = {'status': 500, 'value': '{"name":"clickElement","sessionId":"3a0599
c-13b8-4418-baee-f0d54c611ff7","status":13,"value...int (892.5, 12.199996948242
88). Other element would receive the click: &lt;div class=\"advanced-search-inner\
&gt;&lt;/div&gt;"}'}

    def check_response(self, response):
        """
            Checks that a JSON response from the WebDriver does not have an err
r.

            :Args:
             - response - The JSON response from the WebDriver server as a dict
onary
               object.

            :Raises: If the response contains an error message.
            """
        status = response.get('status', None)
        if status is None or status == ErrorCode.SUCCESS:
            return

        value = None
        message = response.get("message", "")
        screen = response.get("screen", "")
        stacktrace = None
        if isinstance(status, int):
            value_json = response.get('value', None)
            if value_json and isinstance(value_json, basestring):
                import json
                try:
                    value = json.loads(value_json)
                    status = value.get('error', None)
                    if status is None:
                        status = value["status"]
                        message = value["value"]
                        if not isinstance(message, basestring):
                            value = message
                            try:
                                message = message['message']
                            except TypeError:
                                message = None
                    else:
                        message = value.get('message', None)
                except ValueError:
                    pass

        exception_class = ErrorInResponseException
        if status in ErrorCode.NO_SUCH_ELEMENT:
            exception_class = NoSuchElementException
        elif status in ErrorCode.NO_SUCH_FRAME:
            exception_class = NoSuchFrameException
        elif status in ErrorCode.NO_SUCH_WINDOW:
            exception_class = NoSuchWindowException
        elif status in ErrorCode.STALE_ELEMENT_REFERENCE:
            exception_class = StaleElementReferenceException
        elif status in ErrorCode.ELEMENT_NOT_VISIBLE:
            exception_class = ElementNotVisibleException
        elif status in ErrorCode.INVALID_ELEMENT_STATE:
            exception_class = InvalidElementStateException
        elif status in ErrorCode.INVALID_SELECTOR \
                or status in ErrorCode.INVALID_XPATH_SELECTOR \
                or status in ErrorCode.INVALID_XPATH_SELECTOR_RETURN_TYPER:
            exception_class = InvalidSelectorException
        elif status in ErrorCode.ELEMENT_IS_NOT_SELECTABLE:
            exception_class = ElementNotSelectableException
        elif status in ErrorCode.INVALID_COOKIE_DOMAIN:
            exception_class = WebDriverException
        elif status in ErrorCode.UNABLE_TO_SET_COOKIE:
            exception_class = WebDriverException
        elif status in ErrorCode.TIMEOUT:
            exception_class = TimeoutException
        elif status in ErrorCode.SCRIPT_TIMEOUT:
            exception_class = TimeoutException
        elif status in ErrorCode.UNKNOWN_ERROR:
            exception_class = WebDriverException
        elif status in ErrorCode.UNEXPECTED_ALERT_OPEN:
            exception_class = UnexpectedAlertPresentException
        elif status in ErrorCode.NO_ALERT_OPEN:
            exception_class = NoAlertPresentException
        elif status in ErrorCode.IME_NOT_AVAILABLE:
            exception_class = ImeNotAvailableException
        elif status in ErrorCode.IME_ENGINE_ACTIVATION_FAILED:
            exception_class = ImeActivationFailedException
        elif status in ErrorCode.MOVE_TARGET_OUT_OF_BOUNDS:
            exception_class = MoveTargetOutOfBoundsException
        else:
            exception_class = WebDriverException
        if value == '' or value is None:
            value = response['value']
        if isinstance(value, basestring):
            if exception_class == ErrorInResponseException:
                raise exception_class(response, value)
            raise exception_class(value)
        if message == "" and 'message' in value:
            message = value['message']

        screen = None
        if 'screen' in value:
            screen = value['screen']

        stacktrace = None
        if 'stackTrace' in value and value['stackTrace']:
            stacktrace = []
            try:
                for frame in value['stackTrace']:
                    line = self._value_or_default(frame, 'lineNumber', '')
                    file = self._value_or_default(frame, 'fileName', '&lt;anonymou
&gt;')
                    if line:
                        file = "%s:%s" % (file, line)
                    meth = self._value_or_default(frame, 'methodName', '&lt;anonym
us&gt;')
                    if 'className' in frame:
                        meth = "%s.%s" % (frame['className'], meth)
                    msg = "    at %s (%s)"
                    msg = msg % (meth, file)
                    stacktrace.append(msg)
            except TypeError:
                pass
        if exception_class == ErrorInResponseException:
            raise exception_class(response, message)
        elif exception_class == UnexpectedAlertPresentException and 'alert' in
alue:
            raise exception_class(message, screen, stacktrace, value['alert'].g
t('text'))
&gt;       raise exception_class(message, screen, stacktrace)
E       WebDriverException: Message: Element is not clickable at point (892.5,
2.199996948242188). Other element would receive the click: &lt;div class="advanced
search-inner"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;

c:\python27\lib\site-packages\selenium\webdriver\remote\errorhandler.py:194: We
DriverException
========================== 1 failed in 40.13 seconds ==========================
</code></pre>

<p>Figured out the solution, by adding this code after every click.</p>

<pre><code>self.driver.execute_script("window.scrollBy(0, 150);")
</code></pre>

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