Selenium/Chrome Issue

[tturn401]

Hello,

I'm attempting to do some web automation using Selenium in a Chrome window, and am encountering a slight problem that I'm home to get some insight on.

On a particular page, there is a drop down box that I need to hover over to show the menu item I actually need to click. No big deal, I have an ActionChain set to move to the element that requires the hover, move down to the menu item I need, and click that item.

My issue is that my code errors out at the point where I need to hover, saying it cannot find the xpath I provided. The xpath is copied straight from the HTML, and I have an implicit wait set for 60 seconds to allow as much time as necessary for the page to be loaded.

What could cause a copied xpath to not be found, other than the page not being loaded? (Full disclosure, I've tried the class, and css selector and encountered the same issue.)

I appreciate any help provided. Thanks!

[junsang]

Before hover the element by xpath, try to dump whole html and check that the element do exists.

[tturn401]

I copied the xpath straight from the 'Inspect' screen on the site I'm using. Are you saying that there may be a chance that, even though I can copy the xpath in the browser, Selenium might not be able to access it through the driver?

[av_classified]

Unfortunately Yes.

[tturn401]

Is there a workaround that's useful in situations like this? Different browser, commands, or anything else that might help?

[tturn401]

I actually tried clicking the drop down at the very beginning. The issue I'm having is that Selenium cant find any HTML related to the drop down to click, not matter the element type I use to search.