isEnabled not working

[Nitin Purswani]

Hi,
I have one link disabled .i am getting element object by command

WebElement elem1=driver.findElement(By.linkText("link1");

if(elem1.isEnabled()) {
click it
}
else
{
don't click it
}

but instruction pointer never goes to isEnabled function if my link is
disabled .It throws an error Unable to locate element .

Can anyone please help me that how i can use isEnabled Function()

Thanks
Nitin

[Simon Stewart]

Hi Nitin,

We can't really dig into this until we know which browser and version
you're using, on which OS, using which version of webdriver/selenium,
as well as telling us what you're trying to do. The individual drivers
do things their own way, so it's possible someone may spend a
significant amount of time tracking down the issue in the wrong driver
:)

Any chance you could let us know some more information?

Regards,

Simon

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[Nitin Purswani]

Hi My enviornment is

OS:Linux (Suse11.2-kernel 2.6.31)
Browser:Firefox 3.5.8
Build:selenium-server-2.0.1.jar

Use case:
I have one link on my browser which can be disabled /enabled.Before
clicking that link i want to know is that link enabled or not .What
can be best possible way to achieve this through WebDriver.

Please let me know if you want any other information .
Thanks
Nitin

On Apr 1, 4:10 am, Simon Stewart <simon.m.stew...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Nitin,
>
> We can't really dig into this until we know which browser and version
> you're using, on which OS, using which version of webdriver/selenium,
> as well as telling us what you're trying to do. The individual drivers
> do things their own way, so it's possible someone may spend a
> significant amount of time tracking down the issue in the wrong driver
> :)
>
> Any chance you could let us know some more information?
>
> Regards,
>
> Simon
>

[Simon Stewart]

The code you've got there should work. The problem is that the element
isn't being found by link text. Have you tried "By.partialLinkText"?

Regards,

Simon

[Brijendra Singh]

Hello Simon,

I am having the same issue.as link is disable but isEnabled() returns true.
i have tried with id,linktext,xpath but nothing got worked out.
Window7,IE driver-2.53.1,IE11,Webdriver 2.53.1

Please provide the solution.

Regards,
Brijendra Singh

[Brijendra Singh]

Hello Simon,

Even i am facing the same issue where isEnabled() returns true even after link is disabled in state.
i have validated enable/disable successfully for buttons and labels but issue is coming only for links.

IE driver 2.53.1 32 bit
windows 7
IE11.

Please provide me the alternate solution.

Regards,
Brijendra Singh

[sandee...@highq.com]

Hi Nitin,

can u please provide the snapshot of link page,

where you are facing the issue of disabled/enabled.

Thank you.

[SuperKevy]

Wow. picking up a thread from 2010.  Kind of dated.   

If you are talking about links as <a href="myurl">Text</a> I believe you'll find the that element does not support the disabled attribute

This may help: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/18104259/how-to-check-the-link-is-enabled-in-webdriver-using-java

As indicated in the stackoverflow getAttribute can be used .