[FIXED] Selenium: Element is not clickable. It's a button. I cannot resolve it

Issue

Obligatory: New to Selenium webdriver and Python.

I am attempting to scrape cricket scores from this page https://www.playhq.com/cricket-australia/org/saca-premier-cricket/senior-men-summer-202324/west-end-mens-2nd-grade/game-centre/7cb22178

It has all gone swimmingly for the data on-screen in the initial view.

When I try to click the Glenelg 1st Innings button to change the view, I get:

Message: element click intercepted: Element is not clickable at point (316, -283)

I have tried using a variety of xpaths. This appears to be the best option

//*[@data-testid='period-tab-container']/button[2] 

I am able to resolve the correct text from these xpaths.

I don't think it is related to implicit wait times. I'm using driver.implicitly_wait(5).

Everything else is present on this page.

Of course, I could be incorrect.

These score pages are dynamically created. Are they masking the button functionality somehow?

I have tried using the brute force path //button[text()='Glenelg 1st Innings']

It is clearly finding the element. I can read the text.

    from selenium import webdriver
    from selenium.webdriver.common.by import By

    driver = webdriver.Chrome()

    targetURL = "https://www.playhq.com/cricket-australia/org/saca-premier-cricket/senior-men-summer-202324/west-end-mens-2nd-grade/game-centre/7cb22178"


    driver.get(targetURL)
    title = driver.title
    driver.implicitly_wait(5)

    # lots of other code in here
    # is able to correctly resole page elements
    # removed for brevity

    other_innings_button = driver.find_element(by=By.XPATH,
        value="//*[@data-testid='period-tab-container']/button[2]")
    print(other_innings_button.text)
    other_innings_button.click()

Solution

Instead of :

 other_innings_button.click()

you must use:

from selenium.webdriver.common.keys import Keys

other_innings_button.send_keys(Keys.ENTER)

Answered By - Mattie Geren