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Selenium WebDriver how to to interact with sticky header menu in a Bootstrap-based application using Chrome 120

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I'm building a feature where I'm learning this framework and I'm working with an scenario with Selenium WebDriver where it fails to interact with a sticky header menu in my Bootstrap-based application while running tests in Chrome 120... The menu appears once the page scrolls down, but it seems like WebDriver want to locate it when trying to click on the menu items. I've tried using both `findElement` and `findElements` methods to locate the menu items, but I keep getting a `NoSuchElementException`. Hereโ€™s the code snippet Iโ€™m using: ```java WebDriver driver = new ChromeDriver(); driver.get("http://mywebsite.com"); // Scroll down to make header menu visible ((JavascriptExecutor) driver).executeScript("window.scrollTo(0, 500);"); // Try to find the sticky menu item WebElement menuItem = driver.findElement(By.id("stickyMenuItemId")); menuItem.click(); ``` Despite scrolling down to the necessary position, the `NoSuchElementException` suggests that the element is not available in the DOM at that moment. I've confirmed that the element is indeed present after scrolling by trying to access it manually in the Chrome DevTools. I also tried adding explicit waits to ensure the element is present before interacting with it: ```java WebDriverWait wait = new WebDriverWait(driver, 10); WebElement menuItem = wait.until(ExpectedConditions.visibilityOfElementLocated(By.id("stickyMenuItemId"))); menuItem.click(); ``` However, this didnโ€™t resolve the scenario either. I suspect there might be a timing scenario or a question with how the sticky header is rendered in the DOM. Iโ€™d appreciate any insights or workarounds that could help interact with elements in sticky headers, especially in the context of using Bootstrap with Selenium. I recently upgraded to Java 3.10.