@kazurayam
Surely I’d better write XPath as flexible as possible.
Thank you for telling me.
Please note that the pitfall @kazurayam is pointing out is a well known issue with XPath - it’s very sensitive to subtle changes in the source document. This is even more noticeable the longer your XPath becomes - always try to create the shortest XPath possible. That way, you’re creating a path with the least amount of potential failure points.
If you used CSS, you wouldn’t have this particular problem. These two CSS selectors are semantically and functionally identical:
div.navbar-collapse.collapse ul > li
div.collapse.navbar-collapse ul > li
You could use either of these in the same test against the same page.
And, if I need to point it out, look how much shorter they are 
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This is even more noticeable the longer your XPath becomes - always try to create the shortest XPath possible. That way, you’re creating a path with the least amount of potential failure points.
Thank you for letting me know the other important points.
I’ll try to find a better way to write XPath.
Hi,
I’ve been getting this error message, even the simplest script won’t run. I can navigate to url, but won;t be able to click any element. Works on my local pc but not on my VM. Thanks.
org.codehaus.groovy.control.MultipleCompilationErrorsException: startup failed:
Script1.groovy: -1: unable to resolve class internal.GlobalVariable
@ line -1, column -1.
1 error
com.kms.katalon.core.main.ScriptEngine
runScriptWithoutLogging
104
com.kms.katalon.core.testobject.ObjectRepository
findWebUIObject
271
com.kms.katalon.core.testobject.ObjectRepository
readTestObjectFile
225
com.kms.katalon.core.testobject.ObjectRepository
findTestObject
183
com.kms.katalon.core.testobject.ObjectRepository
findTestObject
136
com.kms.katalon.core.testobject.ObjectRepository$findTestObject
callStatic
LinkedIn
run
23
com.kms.katalon.core.main.ScriptEngine
run
194
com.kms.katalon.core.main.ScriptEngine
runScriptAsRawText
119
com.kms.katalon.core.main.TestCaseExecutor
runScript
393
com.kms.katalon.core.main.TestCaseExecutor
doExecute
384
com.kms.katalon.core.main.TestCaseExecutor
processExecutionPhase
363
com.kms.katalon.core.main.TestCaseExecutor
accessMainPhase
355
com.kms.katalon.core.main.TestCaseExecutor
execute
251
com.kms.katalon.core.main.TestCaseMain
runTestCase
114
com.kms.katalon.core.main.TestCaseMain
runTestCase
105
com.kms.katalon.core.main.TestCaseMain$runTestCase$0
call
TempTestCase1607296719208
run
25
0
false
org.codehaus.groovy.control.MultipleCompilationErrorsException: startup failed:
Script1.groovy: -1: unable to resolve class internal.GlobalVariable
@ line -1, column -1.
1 error
at com.kms.katalon.core.main.ScriptEngine.runScriptWithoutLogging(ScriptEngine.java:104)
at com.kms.katalon.core.testobject.ObjectRepository.findWebUIObject(ObjectRepository.java:271)
at com.kms.katalon.core.testobject.ObjectRepository.readTestObjectFile(ObjectRepository.java:225)
at com.kms.katalon.core.testobject.ObjectRepository.findTestObject(ObjectRepository.java:183)
at com.kms.katalon.core.testobject.ObjectRepository.findTestObject(ObjectRepository.java:136)
at com.kms.katalon.core.testobject.ObjectRepository$findTestObject.callStatic(Unknown Source)
at LinkedIn.run(LinkedIn:23)
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:393)
at com.kms.katalon.core.main.TestCaseExecutor.doExecute(TestCaseExecutor.java:384)
at com.kms.katalon.core.main.TestCaseExecutor.processExecutionPhase(TestCaseExecutor.java:363)
at com.kms.katalon.core.main.TestCaseExecutor.accessMainPhase(TestCaseExecutor.java:355)
at com.kms.katalon.core.main.TestCaseExecutor.execute(TestCaseExecutor.java:251)
at com.kms.katalon.core.main.TestCaseMain.runTestCase(TestCaseMain.java:114)
at com.kms.katalon.core.main.TestCaseMain.runTestCase(TestCaseMain.java:105)
at com.kms.katalon.core.main.TestCaseMain$runTestCase$0.call(Unknown Source)
at TempTestCase1607296719208.run(TempTestCase1607296719208.groovy:25)
This thread “Unable to click Object despite verifyElementClickable returning true” is already closed, and the title does not describe your problem properly. Please create a new disscussion for your case.
Also,please enclose your code fragments with triple backticks to form CODE BLOCK presentation to make it readable.
This makes
Your "code" 'here'