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'element not interactable' exception in C# chromedriver

I am using selenium chromedriver in c# to try and click a print button however I am receiving an exception of "element not interactable", here is the website source of the print button:
<p _ngcontent-c27="" class="print"><span _ngcontent-c27="" class="floatRight">Print</span><img _ngcontent-c27="" class="printImg" src="../../../../../assets/images/Print.svg"></p>
What I've tried:
driver.FindElementById("clippedTab").Click(); // Successfully clicks on the 'Clipped' tab
//None of the below worked:
driver.FindElementByClassName("print").Click();
// and
driver.FindElementByClassName("printImg").Click();
// and
driver.FindElementByClassName("floatRight").Click();
However none of these worked for me.
The website used is bjs.com and the print button and can be found on the Clipped tab.
What am I doing wrong, why is the element not intractable and how could I solve this?

The Xpath you are making is actually causing issue.
All the above Xpaths are not unique and actually point to 2 Xpaths 1 is Print you want to click, and other is not interactable(or hidden) one. Since it is trying to click on hidden one, it is throwing Error.
See image
Simple solution :- use XPath as :: //*#id="clipped"]/div/div[1]/div[3]/div/p/span

The element has to be visible (that's usually what makes it "interactable") before you can Click() it. Are you opening the "Clipped" tab before you Click()?

The desired element is an Angular element so to Click() on the element you have to induce WebDriverWait for the ElementToBeClickable() and you can use either of the following Locator Strategies:
CssSelector:
new WebDriverWait(driver, TimeSpan.FromSeconds(20)).Until(ExpectedConditions.ElementToBeClickable(By.CssSelector("img.printImg"))).Click();
XPath:
new WebDriverWait(driver, TimeSpan.FromSeconds(20)).Until(ExpectedConditions.ElementToBeClickable(By.XPath("//img[#class='printImg']/h2"))).Click();

Selenium - Wait for OutOfBound element C#

I use Selenium C# binding and I want to click over the addToCart button.
First, I'm waiting the button appears on the page with ExpectedConditions.ToBeClickable.
Then, I need to scroll down the page to be able to click over the button. I used the Selenium.Interactions class but it work as well with js executor.
private By addToCartBy = By.XPath("/html/body/div[2]/div/div/div[1]/div/div[3]/div[2]/div/section[1]/div[2]/aside/div/div[2]/div/div[2]/div/button");
WebDriverWait wait = new WebDriverWait(driver, TimeSpan.FromSeconds(5));
IWebElement addToCart = wait.Until(ExpectedConditions.ElementToBeClickable(addToCartBy));
Actions action = new Actions(driver);
action.MoveToElement(addToCart);
action.Perform();
addToCart.Click();
When I perform this test with Chrome driver, the page loads and the navigator scroll down to the element addToCart and click it but I'm unable to get the button working properly.
When I use Firefox driver, it raise this exception:
OpenQA.Selenium.WebDriverException : '(1435, 998) is out of bounds of viewport width (1920) and height (966)'and I'm unable to click over the button
Most of the time, the click will be performed but no action will follow from this. If I want the button to work properly (go the the cart), I need to put a System.Threading.Thread.Sleep(2000) to be effective or a Console.ReadLine(). Even if I disable the automation click and I do it manually, the button don't always proceed.
How can I make sure my element addToCart is displayed after I moved to Element? in a way to click it when he's ready.
Thank you, Eelke Johnson

For some of the scenarios, you can use not
IWebElement.Click();
but
IWebElement.SendKeys(Keys.Enter);
I had some scenarios, where just Click() didn't work for me.Maybe this will help in your situation.

You need to consider a couple of things.
To invoke MoveToElement(), ExpectedConditions as ElementToBeClickable() is overkill. Instead you can do away with ElementIsVisible().
While invoking Click() as per best practices you need to invoke WebDriverWait inconjunction with ExpectedConditions as ElementToBeClickable().
So effectively, your code block will be:
Actions action = new Actions(driver);
action.MoveToElement(new WebDriverWait(driver, TimeSpan.FromSeconds(10)).Until(ExpectedConditions.ElementIsVisible(By.XPath("/html/body/div[2]/div/div/div[1]/div/div[3]/div[2]/div/section[1]/div[2]/aside/div/div[2]/div/div[2]/div/button")))).Perform();
new WebDriverWait(driver, TimeSpan.FromSeconds(10)).Until(ExpectedConditions.ElementToBeClickable(By.XPath("/html/body/div[2]/div/div/div[1]/div/div[3]/div[2]/div/section[1]/div[2]/aside/div/div[2]/div/div[2]/div/button"))).Click();

Menu and SubMenu in different frames

I have a little problem clicking on submenu, the reason is that the menu tag in one frame and the submenu in other so when i switch to other frame the submenu is invisible
My code:
driver.SwitchTo().DefaultContent().SwitchTo().Frame("top");
Actions actions = new Actions(driver);
IWebElement menuHoverLink = driver.FindElement(By.PartialLinkText("Cons"));
actions.MoveToElement(menuHoverLink);
actions.Build().Perform();
driver.SwitchTo().DefaultContent().SwitchTo().Frame("content").FindElement(By.Id("elem3")).Click();
Exception
Unexpected error. Element is not currently visible and so may not be
interacted with
does anyone have an idea what can i do in that case?
Thanks.

Try to use explicit wait
driver.SwitchTo().Frame("content");
WebDriverWaitwait wait = new WebDriverWait(driver, TimeSpan.FromSeconds(10));
wait.Until(ExpectedConditions.ElementIsVisible(By.Id("elem3"))).Click();
Or to use send keys
actions.MoveToElement(menuHoverLink).Build().Perform();
menuHoverLink.SendKeys(OpenQA.Selenium.Keys.ArrowDown);
menuHoverLink.SendKeys(OpenQA.Selenium.Keys.Enter);

I found solution but it's not always will work
i just redirect to the url that comes after clicking the option.
string urlAfterClick = "..."
driver.Navigate().GoToUrl(urlAfterClick);

Selenium - Force click on non-visible element

I'm using C# Selenium.WebDriver.2.44.0
On some 3rd party site I'm trying to press an element and get this:
var myWebElement = Driver.FindElement(By.XPath("//a[.=' some value']
myWebElement.Click();
I get the element and on click I get this:
{"element not visible\n (Session info: chrome=39.0.2171.95)\n (Driver info: chromedriver=2.9.248315,platform=Windows NT 6.1 SP1 x86_64)"}
The item is within some sub menu revealing after I successfully press the parent menu. Also put 5 seconds sleep to be safe that the accordion is well seen (and it is well seen in my eyes).
Question - on 3rd party site how can I force the click on this item?

You could try bringing it to the top by changing the z-index with driver.execute_script().

You could use the inbuilt functions and WebDriver waits
var myWebElement = Driver.FindElement(By.XPath("//a[.=' some value']
WebDriverWait wait = new WebDriverWait(Driver.FindElement, TimeSpan.FromSeconds(10));
var element = wait.Until(ExpectedConditions.ElementIsVisible(myWebElement));
Actions action = new Actions(Driver.FindElement);
action.MoveToElement(element).Perform();
myWebElement.Click();

The problem is that Selenium executes actions one after another, but something like "show a sub menu" is lost between actions.
You're likely going to have to use an Actions chain for this:
Actions action = new Actions(Driver);
action.MoveToElement(Driver.FindElement(By(ParentElementSelector)))
.click()
.MoveToElement(Driver.FindElement(By.XPath("//a[.=' some value'])))
.click()
.Build()
.Perform();
This will move to the parent element, click, then move to the element you wish to find, then click. It will perform all of these as one action, which should be able to click the sub menu element.

When an element is not visible u can try this...It works for me
IWebElement WEHiddenID = driver.FindElement(By.Id(""));
WEHiddenID.SendKeys(OpenQA.Selenium.Keys.Enter);

Selenium WebDriver SubMenu click not working

I am not able to Click on SubMenu item using selenium webdriver using c#.
I am using IE9 and FireFox 13.
I have tried Action Builder but it does not work.
It gives an error saying element cannot be clicked.
WebDriverWait Wait = new WebDriverWait(webDriver, TimeSpan.FromSeconds(5));
IWebElement menu = Wait.Until((d) => webDriver.FindElement(By.Id("id1")));
IWebElement menuOption = Wait.Until((d)=>webDriver.FindElement(By.Id("ID2")));
Actions builder = new Actions(webDriver);
builder.MoveToElement(menu).Build().Perform();
Thread.Sleep(5);
//then click when menu option is visible
menuOption.Click();
I have used even javascript :
js.ExecuteScript("return $(\"a:contains('ID1')\").mouseover();"); // Mouse hove to main menu
webDriver.FindElement(By.Id("ID2")).Click();
Please give some solution to click on hidden elements

You could use Expected Conditions to wait for element being clickable after hovering above it (Thread.sleep() is almost always the bad choice. And 5 ms won't be enough.).
The docs for this class (ExpectedConditions in OpenQA.Selenium.Support.UI namespace) are broken as I can see them now, but if you can follow the Java code in the link above, here are the Expected conditions for Java - it's really almost the same in C#, too.

Instead of using the statement Thread.sleep(). You can try to click on the element after making sure that it is displayed.
After you get the WebElement you want to click on , check if it is displayed by using the isDisplayed() method within the ExpectedContition statement about which #Slanec is talking about in the above post.
By this you can make sure you will click on the element only after Wait.Until() returns true. i.e the menuOption is displayed.
I'm writing the code in java as I do not know C#. But I guess you can figure out what I'm trying to say -
new WebDriverWait(driver, 60).until(new ExpectedCondition<Boolean>() {
public Boolean apply(WebDriver driver ) {
return driver.findElement(By.Id("ID2")).isDisplayed();
}
});
I hope that this helps you.