How to stop navigation in chrome browser soon after click action using Selenium?

Question

I have to stop the browser from loading soon after the click action; is there any work-around for it.. or is there any JS implementation for the same..

maybe to use prevent default on any click on a tag http://stackoverflow.com/questions/265478/preventdefault-on-an-a-tag — Shimon Doodkin, Mar 07 '17 at 14:51
I tried this @driver.execute_script("return $('.xyzlocators').click(function(event) { event.preventDefault(); });") — Prashanth Sams, Mar 07 '17 at 15:12
one idea(paste this in console to try it): window.addEventListener("click",function(e){ console.log(e.target, e.path); event.stopPropagation(); event.preventDefault(); }) — Shimon Doodkin, Mar 07 '17 at 15:54

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 07 '17 at 14:45

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You can use javascript setTimeout and setInterval for delaying your click action.

 <a onclick="delayLoder()">Click</a>

  function delayLoder(){
        setTimeout(function(){      
            window.location = 'https://www.google.com';
        }, 3000);
     }

answered Mar 07 '17 at 14:45

Mohit

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Actually I am navigating from one page to another page using a link; have to avoid navigation after click action. here is what i do self.firstProperty.click – Prashanth Sams Mar 07 '17 at 14:48
window.location is the location that we are currently at ? or the destination ? – Prashanth Sams Mar 07 '17 at 14:49
@PrashanthSams it is destination. If you want to stop navigation you can use event.preventDefault() Using about code in answer your page changes after 3 sec. – Mohit Mar 07 '17 at 15:56

score 0 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:09

The simplest, workaround I can think of, is to navigate to a 'wrong page' straight after the click. (i.e. http://www.notAvalidHTTPaddress.com). But if this is not fit for purpose, you can alternatively try to use the equivalent for sendkeys in JavaScript in order to hit 'ESC' --> which in Chrome for example will halt page loading.

In Java:

public Keys soloKey(int key) throws AWTException  
{
      Robot r;
        try 
        {
             r = new Robot();
             r.keyPress(key);
             r.keyRelease(key); 
        }
            catch (AWTException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();}
        return null;
}

soloKey(KeyEvent.VK_ESCAPE);

In Javascript:

var keyboardEvent = document.createEvent("KeyboardEvent");
var initMethod = typeof keyboardEvent.initKeyboardEvent !== 'undefined' ? "initKeyboardEvent" : "initKeyEvent";


keyboardEvent[initMethod](
                   "keydown", // event type : keydown, keyup, keypress
                    true, // bubbles
                    true, // cancelable
                    window, // viewArg: should be window
                    false, // ctrlKeyArg
                    false, // altKeyArg
                    false, // shiftKeyArg
                    false, // metaKeyArg
                    27, // keyCodeArg : unsigned long the virtual key code, else 0
                    0 // charCodeArgs : unsigned long the Unicode character associated with the depressed key, else 0
);
document.dispatchEvent(keyboardEvent);

The javaScript answer was taken from here: js-press-key

and here are the keyCodes (27 is ESC) js-key-codes

Hope this helps!

How to stop navigation in chrome browser soon after click action using Selenium?

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