Click not working on ion-button (e2e)

[Natanael1234]

I 'm developing an Ionic 3 PWA (using lazy load). The tests was based on this example. I'm trying to do e2e tests.

My initial test is try to fill a form and click in the submit button of a login screen. I can select the button, altought the click event doesn't works. It should show an error message if the input are empty.

My test:

import { browser, by, WebElementPromise } from 'protractor';

describe('App', () => {

  beforeEach(() => {
    
  });

  describe('default screen', () => {
    beforeEach(() => {
      browser.navigateTo('http://10.0.1.63:8100/#/login');
    });

    

    it('It must work', () => {
              browser.findElement(by.css('#login-button')).then(function (element) {                    
                element.click().then(function (clickResult) {
                      console.log(clickResult) // it logs null
                  }).catch(function (error) {
                      console.error('ERROr ON CLICK', error)
                  });
              }).catch(function (error: Error) {
                  console.error('ERROR ON FIND ELEMENT', error)
              });
    });
        
  })
});

Package.json:
{
  "name": "ionic-unit-testing-example",
  "author": "Ionic Framework",
  "homepage": "https://ionicframework.com/",
  "private": true,
  "scripts": {
    "clean": "ionic-app-scripts clean",
    "build": "ionic-app-scripts build",
    "ionic:build": "ionic-app-scripts build",
    "ionic:serve": "ionic-app-scripts serve",
    "test": "karma start ./test-config/karma.conf.js",
    "test-ci": "karma start ./test-config/karma.conf.js --single-run",
    "e2e": "webdriver-manager update --standalone false --gecko false; protractor ./test-config/protractor.conf.js"
  },
  "dependencies": {
    "@angular/common": "4.1.2",
    "@angular/compiler": "4.1.2",
    "@angular/compiler-cli": "4.1.2",
    "@angular/core": "4.1.2",
    "@angular/forms": "4.1.2",
    "@angular/http": "4.1.2",
    "@angular/platform-browser": "4.1.2",
    "@angular/platform-browser-dynamic": "4.1.2",
    "@ionic-native/core": "3.12.1",
    "@ionic-native/splash-screen": "3.12.1",
    "@ionic-native/status-bar": "3.12.1",
    "@ionic/storage": "2.0.1",
    "ionic-angular": "3.3.0",
    "ionicons": "3.0.0",
    "rxjs": "5.1.1",
    "sw-toolbox": "3.4.0",
    "zone.js": "0.8.11"
  },
  "devDependencies": {
    "@ionic/app-scripts": "1.3.7",
    "@ionic/cli-plugin-ionic-angular": "1.4.1",
    "@types/jasmine": "^2.5.41",
    "@types/node": "^7.0.8",
    "angular2-template-loader": "^0.6.2",
    "html-loader": "^0.4.5",
    "ionic": "3.7.0",
    "jasmine": "^2.5.3",
    "jasmine-spec-reporter": "^4.1.0",
    "karma": "^1.5.0",
    "karma-chrome-launcher": "^2.0.0",
    "karma-jasmine": "^1.1.0",
    "karma-jasmine-html-reporter": "^0.2.2",
    "karma-sourcemap-loader": "^0.3.7",
    "karma-webpack": "^2.0.3",
    "null-loader": "^0.1.1",
    "protractor": "^5.1.1",
    "ts-loader": "^2.0.3",
    "ts-node": "^3.0.2",
    "typescript": "2.3.3"
  },
  "version": "0.0.1",
  "description": "An Ionic project"
}

[leifwells]

Is the button clickable when you click it?

Also, I typically use Protractor's element object to locate my elements. As in:

let button = element(by.css('#login-button'));
let expected = browser.ExpectedConditions;
browser.wait(expected.elementToBeClickable(button));
button.click().then(() => {
     // tests here
});

... but maybe I'm old school.

Are you receiving errors in the terminal window? If so, what do they look like?

[anibalsanchez]

Same issue here.

The problem is that elementToBeClickable is true but the click method throws the exception about not being clickable.

[philippdrebes]

Same issue here.

  loginBtn = element(by.css('button[type="submit"]'));

...

    let expected = browser.ExpectedConditions;
    await browser.wait(expected.elementToBeClickable(this.loginBtn), 5000);
    await this.loginBtn.click();

Results in this error:

Error: WebDriverError: unknown error: Element <button class="login-button button button-md button-default button-default-md button-md-primary" color="primary" float-right="" ion-button="" type="submit" ng-reflect-color="primary">...</button is not clickable at point (705, 270). Other element would receive the click: 
<div class="click-block click-block-enabled click-block-active"></div>

[ilkkanisula]

I'm also having random issues with click-block never leaving.

Try the following:
browser.executeScript('arguments[0].click()', loginBtn.getWebElement())

[trajano]

@ilkkanisula didn't work for me. it does not error out but the button didn't click

[trajano]

@philippdrebes were you able to fix it? I am getting the same error as you right now.

[trajano]

Ok here's the weird part

This fails

    console.log("Wait for button to be clickable");
    await browser.wait(ExpectedConditions.elementToBeClickable(signInButton));
    expect(signInButton.isDisplayed()).toBeTruthy();
    signInButton.click();

But this worked

    console.log("Wait for button to be clickable");
    await browser.wait(ExpectedConditions.elementToBeClickable(signInButton));
    expect(signInButton.isDisplayed()).toBeTruthy();
    console.log("click", signInButton); // just added this
    signInButton.click();

[trajano]

Here's what I eventually ended up with, basically I just made it wait for that webElement promise from @ilkkanisula to be fullfilled

    await browser.wait(ExpectedConditions.elementToBeClickable(signInButton));
    expect(signInButton.isDisplayed()).toBeTruthy();
    await signInButton.getWebElement();
    signInButton.click();

[adetokunbo]

FWIW: here's what I worked for me after I tried the solutions from @trajano and @ilkkanisula without success

// my-page.po.ts

export class MyPagePO {
  ...
  get clickBlocker()  {
     return element(by.css('div.click-block'));
  }

  async waitUntilNotBlocked() {
     // the loop is needed because the click-block element does not show up immediately
     for (var i = 0; i < 3; i++) {
       await browser.waitForAngular();
       await browser.wait(ExpectedConditions.invisibilityOf(this.clickBlocker));
       await browser.sleep(1000);
     }
  }

  ...
}

// my-test.e2e-spec.ts
...
let po = MyPagePO();
await browser.wait(ExpectedConditions.elementToBeClickable(po.myButton));
await po.waitUntilNotBlocked();
await po.myButton.click()