Anchor tag is not clickable

Question

WebDriverWait wait = new WebDriverWait(driver,30);
wait.until(ExpectedConditions.visibilityOfElementLocated(By.xpath("(//a[contains(text(),'Download')])")));   
WebElement download = driver.findElement(By.xpath("(//a[contains(text(),'Download')])"));
download.click();

I am trying to click a download link in a chrome via selenium. It has many other links in the page and those are working but this download link alone causes timeout exception.

And the anchor tag in the page is as follows

<a href="https://www.somexyz.com/key/url?url=http%3A//www.somexyz.net/webform_protected_file/lwhW0167ec9HZBEefQrIoSg6JpnW0zvlQyxL-iaR8Ms/download" target="_other" rel="nofollow">Download file</a>

Any suggestions would be appreciated.

Are there more elements with `Download` text? is it inside `iframe`? — Guy, Feb 05 '20 at 10:06
Please check the link is inside iframe? if yes, then switch to the frame before click on it. — Murthi, Feb 05 '20 at 10:11
Thanks guys. Yes the link was in the iframe, so need to switch to that frame and then had to click the link. — bngk, Feb 05 '20 at 11:43

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Feb 05 '20 at 11:54

driver.switchTo().frame("msg_body");
                WebDriverWait wait = new WebDriverWait(driver,30);
                wait.until(ExpectedConditions.visibilityOfElementLocated(By.xpath("(//a[contains(text(),'Download')])")));   
                WebElement download = driver.findElement(By.xpath("(//a[contains(text(),'Download')])")); 
                download.click();

The above code worked for me with first switching the driver to the iframe that is intended and then selecting the link worked.

Anchor tag is not clickable

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