Why is My WebDriver Throwing an ElementNotInteractableException?

ElementNotInteractableException: Element Is Not Reachable by Keyboard

Understanding the Error

This error occurs when WebDriver is unable to interact with an element using the keyboard. This could be due to the element being hidden, occluded, or non-focusable.

Reasons for the Error

• Element is hidden: Either temporarily obscured by another element or permanently hidden.
• Permanent overlay present: An overlay element blocks access to the desired element.
• Attributes preventing interaction: Attributes like class="ng-hide" or style="display: none" disable interaction.
• Attempts to click on elements like

  or

  : Send clicks to tags instead.

Solutions

• Temporary overlay: Use WebDriverWait and ExpectedConditions to wait for the element to become visible/clickable.
• Permanent overlay: Use executeScript() from JavascriptExecutor to reset style="display: none" to style="display: block".
• Attributes preventing interaction: Use executeScript() from JavascriptExecutor to modify attributes and enable interaction.

For this Specific Issue (Facebook Registration)

Due to React Native elements in the Facebook login page, dynamic locator strategy is required:

driver.findElement(By.xpath("//input[@name='firstname' and contains(@class,'inputtext')]")).sendKeys("testing it ");

Update with moz:webdriverClick

Firefox capability moz:webdriverClick allows disabling WebDriver-conformant interactability checks:

DesiredCapabilities dc = new DesiredCapabilities();
dc.setCapability("moz:webdriverClick", false);
WebDriver driver = new FirefoxDriver(dc);

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