I'm trying to click on some element but it's not working:

driver.find_element_by_xpath("//span[text()='ENG']")

When I add:

driver.maximize_window()

before click action, it works, other codes are not working again.

CodePudding user response：

I had similar problem When I was looking for an element, it was not yet available in the code.

Fixed by adding

driver.implicitly_wait(30) ## 30 is the time he will wait

before searching for the element.

This line makes the code wait until the entire page is loaded before looking for an element.

CodePudding user response：

I'm trying to click on some element via driver.find_element_by_xpath("//span[text()='ENG']"), but it's not working,

You need to post logs or be more specific. Are you getting an error on the call to find_element_by_xpath(), or when you call click as you mention below?

when I add driver.maximize_window() before click action, it works, other codes are not working again, please advise which can be the reason

The relevant code needs to be provided. I believe you're saying that when you call maximize_window() before you locate the element, it works, but if you don't call maximize window, it fails. This could be for a variety of reasons, but it sounds Javascript related. A similar question like this this could help. If maximize window doesn't actually help the issue, I would look into implicit waits or WebDriverWaits.