I'm running into an issue where I'm attempting to click on a checkbox. The app is written in AngularJS.
The checkbox can not be clicked, as technically the element is not visible. Using 'visible: false' does not help to get this box checked. I have also tried to use element.set(true)
The checkbox is within a label element that happens to also contain hyperlinks. Since Capybara/Selenium clicks on the middle of an element by default, I end up opening the hyperlink instead of marking the checkbox. Clicking within anywhere in the label (outside of the hyperlinks) checks the box successfully.
How can I achieve this?
Took me a little while but I figured out that I can avoid the Capybara API and use WebDriver's ActionBuilder.
By default, the Capybara API (as well as other native Selenium methods) will click in the center of the element. This will avoid that and will find the element and click it at (0, 0) coordinates.