# Element not interactable - Katalon Studio

**URL:** <https://forum.katalon.com/t/element-not-interactable-katalon-studio/65656>\
**Category:** Web Testing\
**Tags:** katalon-studio\
**Created:** [June 3, 2022, 4:01pm UTC](https://forum.katalon.com/t/element-not-interactable-katalon-studio/65656 "2022-06-03T16:01:18Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![dominik.ber](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/katalon/user_avatar/forum.katalon.com/dominik.ber/32/16104_2.png) [@dominik.ber](https://forum.katalon.com/u/dominik.ber)\
**Post date:** [June 3, 2022, 4:01pm UTC](https://forum.katalon.com/t/element-not-interactable-katalon-studio/65656/1 "2022-06-03T16:01:19Z")

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Can someone please help me what does that element not interactable? well thank you

=============== ROOT CAUSE =====================  
Caused by: org.openqa.selenium.ElementNotInteractableException: element not interactable  
At object: ‘Object Repository/input\_(nepovinn)\_organizaciaStruktura\_\_zavody\_\_0\_\_zavodOkres’

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06-03-2022 02:07:45 PM Test Cases/SDCL - Výkaz/TC\_01\_Tvorba výkazov

Elapsed time: 4m - 59,614s

Test Cases/SDCL - Výkaz/TC\_01\_Tvorba výkazov FAILED.  
Reason:  
com.kms.katalon.core.exception.StepFailedException: Unable to click on object ‘Object Repository/input\_(nepovinn)_organizaciaStruktura\_\_zavody\_\_0\_\_zavodOkres’ (Root cause: com.kms.katalon.core.exception.StepFailedException: Unable to click on object 'Object Repository/input_(nepovinn)\_organizaciaStruktura\_\_zavody\_\_0\_\_zavodOkres’  
at com.kms.katalon.core.webui.keyword.internal.WebUIKeywordMain.stepFailed(WebUIKeywordMain.groovy:64)  
at com.kms.katalon.core.webui.keyword.internal.WebUIKeywordMain.runKeyword(WebUIKeywordMain.groovy:26)  
at com.kms.katalon.core.webui.keyword.builtin.ClickKeyword.click(ClickKeyword.groovy:74)  
at com.kms.katalon.core.webui.keyword.builtin.ClickKeyword.execute(ClickKeyword.groovy:40)  
at com.kms.katalon.core.keyword.internal.KeywordExecutor.executeKeywordForPlatform(KeywordExecutor.groovy:74)  
at com.kms.katalon.core.webui.keyword.WebUiBuiltInKeywords.click(WebUiBuiltInKeywords.groovy:608)  
at com.kms.katalon.core.webui.keyword.WebUiBuiltInKeywords$click$6.call(Unknown Source)  
at TC\_01\_Tvorba výkazov.run(TC\_01\_Tvorba výkazov:116)  
at com.kms.katalon.core.main.ScriptEngine.run(ScriptEngine.java:194)  
at com.kms.katalon.core.main.ScriptEngine.runScriptAsRawText(ScriptEngine.java:119)  
at com.kms.katalon.core.main.TestCaseExecutor.runScript(TestCaseExecutor.java:445)  
at com.kms.katalon.core.main.TestCaseExecutor.doExecute(TestCaseExecutor.java:436)  
at com.kms.katalon.core.main.TestCaseExecutor.processExecutionPhase(TestCaseExecutor.java:415)  
at com.kms.katalon.core.main.TestCaseExecutor.accessMainPhase(TestCaseExecutor.java:407)  
at com.kms.katalon.core.main.TestCaseExecutor.execute(TestCaseExecutor.java:284)  
at com.kms.katalon.core.main.TestCaseMain.runTestCase(TestCaseMain.java:142)  
at com.kms.katalon.core.main.TestCaseMain.runTestCase(TestCaseMain.java:133)  
at com.kms.katalon.core.main.TestCaseMain$runTestCase$0.call(Unknown Source)  
at TempTestCase1654258063798.run(TempTestCase1654258063798.groovy:25)  
Caused by: org.openqa.selenium.ElementNotInteractableException: element not interactable  
(Session info: chrome=102.0.5005.63)  
Build info: version: ‘3.141.59’, revision: ‘e82be7d358’, time: ‘2018-11-14T08:25:53’  
System info: host: ‘FIXEN’, ip: ‘10.100.20.23’, os.name: ‘Windows 10’, os.arch: ‘amd64’, os.version: ‘10.0’, java.version: ‘1.8.0\_282’  
Driver info: com.kms.katalon.selenium.driver.CChromeDriver  
Capabilities {acceptInsecureCerts: false, browserName: chrome, browserVersion: 102.0.5005.63, chrome: {chromedriverVersion: 101.0.4951.41 (93c720db8323…, userDataDir: C:\Users\berd\AppData\Local…}, goog:chromeOptions: {debuggerAddress: localhost:54333}, javascriptEnabled: true, networkConnectionEnabled: false, pageLoadStrategy: normal, platform: WINDOWS, platformName: WINDOWS, proxy: Proxy(), setWindowRect: true, strictFileInteractability: false, timeouts: {implicit: 0, pageLoad: 300000, script: 30000}, unhandledPromptBehavior: dismiss and notify, webauthn:extension:credBlob: true, webauthn:extension:largeBlob: true, webauthn:virtualAuthenticators: true}  
Session ID: 387d2856016ef9fcc8372d4232e48f6f  
at org.openqa.selenium.remote.http.W3CHttpResponseCodec.createException(W3CHttpResponseCodec.java:187)  
at org.openqa.selenium.remote.http.W3CHttpResponseCodec.decode(W3CHttpResponseCodec.java:122)  
at org.openqa.selenium.remote.http.W3CHttpResponseCodec.decode(W3CHttpResponseCodec.java:49)  
at org.openqa.selenium.remote.HttpCommandExecutor.execute(HttpCommandExecutor.java:158)  
at org.openqa.selenium.remote.service.DriverCommandExecutor.execute(DriverCommandExecutor.java:83)  
at org.openqa.selenium.remote.RemoteWebDriver.execute(RemoteWebDriver.java:552)  
at com.kms.katalon.selenium.driver.CChromeDriver.execute(CChromeDriver.java:19)  
at org.openqa.selenium.remote.RemoteWebElement.execute(RemoteWebElement.java:285)  
at org.openqa.selenium.remote.RemoteWebElement.click(RemoteWebElement.java:84)  
at org.openqa.selenium.support.events.EventFiringWebDriver$EventFiringWebElement.lambda$new$0(EventFiringWebDriver.java:404)  
at com.sun.proxy.$Proxy11.click(Unknown Source)  
at org.openqa.selenium.support.events.EventFiringWebDriver$EventFiringWebElement.click(EventFiringWebDriver.java:417)  
at org.openqa.selenium.WebElement$click.call(Unknown Source)  
at com.kms.katalon.core.webui.keyword.builtin.ClickKeyword.clickUntilSuccessWithTimeout(ClickKeyword.groovy:81)  
at com.kms.katalon.core.webui.keyword.builtin.ClickKeyword.clickUntilSuccessWithTimeout(ClickKeyword.groovy)  
at com.kms.katalon.core.webui.keyword.builtin.ClickKeyword$\_click\_closure1.doCall(ClickKeyword.groovy:67)  
at com.kms.katalon.core.webui.keyword.builtin.ClickKeyword$_click\_closure1.call(ClickKeyword.groovy)  
at com.kms.katalon.core.webui.keyword.internal.WebUIKeywordMain.runKeyword(WebUIKeywordMain.groovy:20)  
at com.kms.katalon.core.webui.keyword.builtin.ClickKeyword.click(ClickKeyword.groovy:74)  
at com.kms.katalon.core.webui.keyword.builtin.ClickKeyword.execute(ClickKeyword.groovy:40)  
at com.kms.katalon.core.keyword.internal.KeywordExecutor.executeKeywordForPlatform(KeywordExecutor.groovy:74)  
at com.kms.katalon.core.webui.keyword.WebUiBuiltInKeywords.click(WebUiBuiltInKeywords.groovy:608)  
at com.kms.katalon.core.webui.keyword.WebUiBuiltInKeywords$click$6.call(Unknown Source)  
at Script1654242728564.run(Script1654242728564.groovy:116)  
… 11 more  
)  
at com.kms.katalon.core.keyword.internal.KeywordMain.stepFailed(KeywordMain.groovy:39)  
at com.kms.katalon.core.webui.keyword.internal.WebUIKeywordMain.stepFailed(WebUIKeywordMain.groovy:64)  
at com.kms.katalon.core.webui.keyword.internal.WebUIKeywordMain.runKeyword(WebUIKeywordMain.groovy:26)  
at com.kms.katalon.core.webui.keyword.builtin.ClickKeyword.click(ClickKeyword.groovy:74)  
at com.kms.katalon.core.webui.keyword.builtin.ClickKeyword.execute(ClickKeyword.groovy:40)  
at com.kms.katalon.core.keyword.internal.KeywordExecutor.executeKeywordForPlatform(KeywordExecutor.groovy:74)  
at com.kms.katalon.core.webui.keyword.WebUiBuiltInKeywords.click(WebUiBuiltInKeywords.groovy:608)  
at com.kms.katalon.core.webui.keyword.WebUiBuiltInKeywords$click$6.call(Unknown Source)  
at TC\_01\_Tvorba výkazov.run(TC\_01\_Tvorba výkazov:116)  
at com.kms.katalon.core.main.ScriptEngine.run(ScriptEngine.java:194)  
at com.kms.katalon.core.main.ScriptEngine.runScriptAsRawText(ScriptEngine.java:119)  
at com.kms.katalon.core.main.TestCaseExecutor.runScript(TestCaseExecutor.java:445)  
at com.kms.katalon.core.main.TestCaseExecutor.doExecute(TestCaseExecutor.java:436)  
at com.kms.katalon.core.main.TestCaseExecutor.processExecutionPhase(TestCaseExecutor.java:415)  
at com.kms.katalon.core.main.TestCaseExecutor.accessMainPhase(TestCaseExecutor.java:407)  
at com.kms.katalon.core.main.TestCaseExecutor.execute(TestCaseExecutor.java:284)  
at com.kms.katalon.core.main.TestCaseMain.runTestCase(TestCaseMain.java:142)  
at com.kms.katalon.core.main.TestCaseMain.runTestCase(TestCaseMain.java:133)  
at com.kms.katalon.core.main.TestCaseMain$runTestCase$0.call(Unknown Source)  
at TempTestCase1654258063798.run(TempTestCase1654258063798.groovy:25)  
Caused by: com.kms.katalon.core.exception.StepFailedException: Unable to click on object 'Object Repository/input_(nepovinn)\_organizaciaStruktura\_\_zavody\_\_0\_\_zavodOkres’  
… 19 more  
Caused by: org.openqa.selenium.ElementNotInteractableException: element not interactable  
(Session info: chrome=102.0.5005.63)  
Build info: version: ‘3.141.59’, revision: ‘e82be7d358’, time: ‘2018-11-14T08:25:53’  
System info: host: ‘FIXEN’, ip: ‘10.100.20.23’, os.name: ‘Windows 10’, os.arch: ‘amd64’, os.version: ‘10.0’, java.version: ‘1.8.0\_282’  
Driver info: com.kms.katalon.selenium.driver.CChromeDriver  
Capabilities {acceptInsecureCerts: false, browserName: chrome, browserVersion: 102.0.5005.63, chrome: {chromedriverVersion: 101.0.4951.41 (93c720db8323…, userDataDir: C:\Users\berd\AppData\Local…}, goog:chromeOptions: {debuggerAddress: localhost:54333}, javascriptEnabled: true, networkConnectionEnabled: false, pageLoadStrategy: normal, platform: WINDOWS, platformName: WINDOWS, proxy: Proxy(), setWindowRect: true, strictFileInteractability: false, timeouts: {implicit: 0, pageLoad: 300000, script: 30000}, unhandledPromptBehavior: dismiss and notify, webauthn:extension:credBlob: true, webauthn:extension:largeBlob: true, webauthn:virtualAuthenticators: true}  
Session ID: 387d2856016ef9fcc8372d4232e48f6f  
at org.openqa.selenium.remote.http.W3CHttpResponseCodec.createException(W3CHttpResponseCodec.java:187)  
at org.openqa.selenium.remote.http.W3CHttpResponseCodec.decode(W3CHttpResponseCodec.java:122)  
at org.openqa.selenium.remote.http.W3CHttpResponseCodec.decode(W3CHttpResponseCodec.java:49)  
at org.openqa.selenium.remote.HttpCommandExecutor.execute(HttpCommandExecutor.java:158)  
at org.openqa.selenium.remote.service.DriverCommandExecutor.execute(DriverCommandExecutor.java:83)  
at org.openqa.selenium.remote.RemoteWebDriver.execute(RemoteWebDriver.java:552)  
at com.kms.katalon.selenium.driver.CChromeDriver.execute(CChromeDriver.java:19)  
at org.openqa.selenium.remote.RemoteWebElement.execute(RemoteWebElement.java:285)  
at org.openqa.selenium.remote.RemoteWebElement.click(RemoteWebElement.java:84)  
at org.openqa.selenium.support.events.EventFiringWebDriver$EventFiringWebElement.lambda$new$0(EventFiringWebDriver.java:404)  
at com.sun.proxy.$Proxy11.click(Unknown Source)  
at org.openqa.selenium.support.events.EventFiringWebDriver$EventFiringWebElement.click(EventFiringWebDriver.java:417)  
at org.openqa.selenium.WebElement$click.call(Unknown Source)  
at com.kms.katalon.core.webui.keyword.builtin.ClickKeyword.clickUntilSuccessWithTimeout(ClickKeyword.groovy:81)  
at com.kms.katalon.core.webui.keyword.builtin.ClickKeyword.clickUntilSuccessWithTimeout(ClickKeyword.groovy)  
at com.kms.katalon.core.webui.keyword.builtin.ClickKeyword$\_click\_closure1.doCall(ClickKeyword.groovy:67)  
at com.kms.katalon.core.webui.keyword.builtin.ClickKeyword$\_click\_closure1.call(ClickKeyword.groovy)  
at com.kms.katalon.core.webui.keyword.internal.WebUIKeywordMain.runKeyword(WebUIKeywordMain.groovy:20)  
… 17 more

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**Author:** ![Russ\_Thomas](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/katalon/user_avatar/forum.katalon.com/russ_thomas/32/11884_2.png) [@Russ\_Thomas](https://forum.katalon.com/u/Russ_Thomas)\
**Post date:** [June 3, 2022, 4:56pm UTC](https://forum.katalon.com/t/element-not-interactable-katalon-studio/65656/2 "2022-06-03T16:56:55Z")

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> [@dominik.ber](#):
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> _Caused by: com.kms.katalon.core.exception.StepFailedException: Unable to click on object 'Object Repository/input_ (nepovinn)\_organizaciaStruktura\_\_zavody\_\_0\_\_zavodOkres’

This means the element exists but it is not ready to receive input, or it is obscured by something in front of it. You should try waiting until the element is ready.

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**Author:** ![dominik.ber](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/katalon/user_avatar/forum.katalon.com/dominik.ber/32/16104_2.png) [@dominik.ber](https://forum.katalon.com/u/dominik.ber)\
**Post date:** [June 7, 2022, 5:27pm UTC](https://forum.katalon.com/t/element-not-interactable-katalon-studio/65656/3 "2022-06-07T17:27:20Z")

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Please and how long should I wait? Or how can it be solved?

well thank you

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**Author:** ![grylion54](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/katalon/user_avatar/forum.katalon.com/grylion54/32/16265_2.png) [@grylion54](https://forum.katalon.com/u/grylion54)\
**Post date:** [June 7, 2022, 5:46pm UTC](https://forum.katalon.com/t/element-not-interactable-katalon-studio/65656/4 "2022-06-07T17:46:22Z")

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There are several different **wait** statements that you can try depending on what your test is doing at the time, such as:  
`WebUI.waitForPageLoad(10)` // if you are moving to a new page  
`WebUI.waitForElementVisible(yourTestObject, 10)` // if you are waiting for element to appear  
`WebUI.waitForElementClickable(yourTestObject, 10)` // if you are waiting for element to click

Try the last two and see if they help.

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**Author:** ![dominik.ber](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/katalon/user_avatar/forum.katalon.com/dominik.ber/32/16104_2.png) [@dominik.ber](https://forum.katalon.com/u/dominik.ber)\
**Post date:** [June 8, 2022, 9:58am UTC](https://forum.katalon.com/t/element-not-interactable-katalon-studio/65656/6 "2022-06-08T09:58:03Z")

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Thank you very much and I will try your advice

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**Author:** ![vu.tran](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/katalon/user_avatar/forum.katalon.com/vu.tran/32/20584_2.png) [@vu.tran](https://forum.katalon.com/u/vu.tran)\
**Post date:** [June 8, 2022, 10:36am UTC](https://forum.katalon.com/t/element-not-interactable-katalon-studio/65656/7 "2022-06-08T10:36:20Z")

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Hi @dominik.ber, if the solution work, please help confirm and mark @grylion54’s comment as a solution for other users’ benefit. Thank you for joining our Katalon community and actively engage in the community discussion. Cheers guys!
