Why my Element not in view when page scrolls by itself in selenium?
Question: 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.

Code:

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

Full Error:

    
    
    ================================== FAILURES ===================================
    _____________________________ test_add_connection _____________________________
    
    driver = <selenium.webdriver.firefox.webdriver.WebDriver (session="3a05990c-13b
    -4418-baee-f0d54c611ff7")>
    
    >       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 = <selenium.webdriver.remote.errorhandler.ErrorHandler object at 0x01E6ACB
    >
    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: <div class=\"advanced-search-inner\
    ></div>"}'}
    
        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', '<anonymou
    >')
                        if line:
                            file = "%s:%s" % (file, line)
                        meth = self._value_or_default(frame, 'methodName', '<anonym
    us>')
                        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'))
    >       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: <div class="advanced
    search-inner"></div>
    
    c:\python27\lib\site-packages\selenium\webdriver\remote\errorhandler.py:194: We
    DriverException
    ========================== 1 failed in 40.13 seconds ==========================
    


Answer: Figured out the solution, by adding this code after every click.

    
    
    self.driver.execute_script("window.scrollBy(0, 150);")
    

