Click actions in Selenium Java - Test Execution Trace

Test Overview

This test opens a web page, finds a button by its ID, clicks it, and verifies that a confirmation message appears.

Test Code - JUnit with Selenium WebDriver

Selenium Java

import org.openqa.selenium.By;
import org.openqa.selenium.WebDriver;
import org.openqa.selenium.WebElement;
import org.openqa.selenium.chrome.ChromeDriver;
import org.openqa.selenium.support.ui.ExpectedConditions;
import org.openqa.selenium.support.ui.WebDriverWait;
import org.junit.jupiter.api.AfterEach;
import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeEach;
import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;

public class ClickActionTest {
    private WebDriver driver;
    private WebDriverWait wait;

    @BeforeEach
    public void setUp() {
        driver = new ChromeDriver();
        wait = new WebDriverWait(driver, 10);
    }

    @Test
    public void testButtonClickShowsMessage() {
        driver.get("https://example.com/click-test");
        WebElement button = wait.until(ExpectedConditions.elementToBeClickable(By.id("click-button")));
        button.click();
        WebElement message = wait.until(ExpectedConditions.visibilityOfElementLocated(By.id("confirmation-message")));
        assertEquals("Button clicked!", message.getText());
    }

    @AfterEach
    public void tearDown() {
        if (driver != null) {
            driver.quit();
        }
    }
}

Execution Trace - 7 Steps

Step	Action	System State	Assertion	Result
1	Test starts and Chrome browser opens	Chrome browser window is open and ready	-	PASS
2	Navigates to URL https://example.com/click-test	Page loads with a button having id 'click-button'	-	PASS
3	Waits until button with id 'click-button' is clickable and finds it	Button is visible and enabled for clicking	Checks button is clickable	PASS
4	Clicks the button	Button is clicked, triggering page action	-	PASS
5	Waits until confirmation message with id 'confirmation-message' is visible	Confirmation message appears on the page	Checks message is visible	PASS
6	Verifies the confirmation message text equals 'Button clicked!'	Message text is displayed as expected	assertEquals("Button clicked!", message.getText())	PASS
7	Test ends and browser closes	Browser window is closed	-	PASS

Failure Scenario

Failing Condition: Button with id 'click-button' is not found or not clickable

Execution Trace Quiz - 3 Questions

What does the test verify after clicking the button?

A That a confirmation message with text 'Button clicked!' appears

B That the button disappears from the page

C That the page URL changes

D That an alert popup appears

Key Result

Always wait explicitly for elements to be clickable before clicking to avoid flaky tests.