fix: Selenium tests via scroll_and_click

ietf/meeting/tests_js.py

@@ -249,7 +249,9 @@ def test_edit_meeting_schedule(self):
         self.assertTrue(s1_element.is_displayed())  # should still be displayed
         self.assertIn('hidden-parent', s1_element.get_attribute('class'),
                       'Session should be hidden when parent disabled')
-        s1_element.click()  # try to select
+
+        self.scroll_and_click((By.CSS_SELECTOR, '#session{}'.format(s1.pk)))
+
         self.assertNotIn('selected', s1_element.get_attribute('class'),
                          'Session should not be selectable when parent disabled')
 
@@ -299,9 +301,9 @@ def test_edit_meeting_schedule(self):
                         'Session s1 should have moved to second meeting day')
 
         # swap timeslot column - put session in a differently-timed timeslot
-        self.driver.find_element(By.CSS_SELECTOR,
+        self.scroll_and_click((By.CSS_SELECTOR,
             '.day .swap-timeslot-col[data-timeslot-pk="{}"]'.format(slot1b.pk)
-        ).click()  # open modal on the second timeslot for room1
+        ))  # open modal on the second timeslot for room1
         self.assertTrue(self.driver.find_element(By.CSS_SELECTOR, "#swap-timeslot-col-modal").is_displayed())
         self.driver.find_element(By.CSS_SELECTOR,
             '#swap-timeslot-col-modal input[name="target_timeslot"][value="{}"]'.format(slot4.pk)
@@ -1373,13 +1375,8 @@ def test_upcoming_materials_modal(self):
         self.assertFalse(modal_div.is_displayed())
 
         # Click the 'materials' button
-        open_modal_button = self.wait.until(
-            expected_conditions.element_to_be_clickable(
-                (By.CSS_SELECTOR, '[data-bs-target="#modal-%s"]' % slug)
-            ),
-            'Modal open button not found or not clickable',
-        )
-        open_modal_button.click()
+        open_modal_button_locator = (By.CSS_SELECTOR, '[data-bs-target="#modal-%s"]' % slug)
+        self.scroll_and_click(open_modal_button_locator)
         self.wait.until(
             expected_conditions.visibility_of(modal_div),
             'Modal did not become visible after clicking open button',

ietf/settings.py

@@ -598,6 +598,7 @@ def skip_unreadable_post(record):
     "ietf/review/import_from_review_tool.py",
     "ietf/utils/patch.py",
     "ietf/utils/test_data.py",
+    "ietf/utils/jstest.py",
 ]
 
 # These are code line regex patterns

ietf/utils/jstest.py

@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@
     from selenium import webdriver
     from selenium.webdriver.firefox.service import Service
     from selenium.webdriver.firefox.options import Options
+    from selenium.webdriver.support.ui import WebDriverWait
+    from selenium.webdriver.support import expected_conditions
     from selenium.webdriver.common.by import By
 except ImportError as e:
     skip_selenium = True
@@ -87,6 +89,48 @@ def scroll_to_element(self, element):
         # actions = ActionChains(self.driver)
         # actions.move_to_element(element).perform()
 
+    def scroll_and_click(self, element_locator, timeout_seconds=5):
+        """
+        Selenium has restrictions around clicking elements outside the viewport, so
+        this wrapper encapsulates the boilerplate of forcing scrolling and clicking.
+
+        :param element_locator: A two item tuple of a Selenium locator eg `(By.CSS_SELECTOR, '#something')`
+        """
+
+        # so that we can restore the state of the webpage after clicking
+        original_html_scroll_behaviour_to_restore = self.driver.execute_script('return document.documentElement.style.scrollBehavior')
+        original_html_overflow_to_restore = self.driver.execute_script('return document.documentElement.style.overflow')
+
+        original_body_scroll_behaviour_to_restore = self.driver.execute_script('return document.body.style.scrollBehavior')
+        original_body_overflow_to_restore = self.driver.execute_script('return document.body.style.overflow')
+
+        self.driver.execute_script('document.documentElement.style.scrollBehavior = "auto"')
+        self.driver.execute_script('document.documentElement.style.overflow = "auto"')
+
+        self.driver.execute_script('document.body.style.scrollBehavior = "auto"')
+        self.driver.execute_script('document.body.style.overflow = "auto"')
+
+        element = self.driver.find_element(element_locator[0], element_locator[1])
+        self.scroll_to_element(element)
+
+        # Note that Selenium itself seems to have multiple definitions of 'clickable'.
+        # You might expect that the following wait for the 'element_to_be_clickable'
+        # would confirm that the following .click() would succeed but it doesn't.
+        # That's why the preceeding code attempts to force scrolling to bring the
+        # element into the viewport to allow clicking.
+        WebDriverWait(self.driver, timeout_seconds).until(expected_conditions.element_to_be_clickable(element_locator))
+
+        element.click()
+
+        if original_html_scroll_behaviour_to_restore:
+            self.driver.execute_script(f'document.documentElement.style.scrollBehavior = "{original_html_scroll_behaviour_to_restore}"')
+        if original_html_overflow_to_restore:
+            self.driver.execute_script(f'document.documentElement.style.overflow = "{original_html_overflow_to_restore}"')
+
+        if original_body_scroll_behaviour_to_restore:
+            self.driver.execute_script(f'document.body.style.scrollBehavior = "{original_body_scroll_behaviour_to_restore}"')
+        if original_body_overflow_to_restore:
+            self.driver.execute_script(f'document.body.style.overflow = "{original_body_overflow_to_restore}"')
 
 class presence_of_element_child_by_css_selector:
     """Wait for presence of a child of a WebElement matching a CSS selector