How to Use JavaScriptExecutor in Selenium

Selenium is an open-source suite of tools and libraries that allows you to interact with browsers to perform various operations like sending text, clicking on a button, selecting drop-downs, etc.

However, there are scenarios where the actual Selenium WebDriver commands do not work as expected as Selenium can’t inteeract with the WebElements directly. This is where JavaScriptExecutor comes into the picture.

In this blog, we discuss JavaScriptExecutor in Selenium and how to get started with practical use cases and examples.

What Is JavaScriptExecutor in Selenium?

JavaScriptExecutor is an interface provided by Selenium that helps in executing JavaScript commands. This interface provides methods to run JavaScript on the selected window or the current web page. It is available for all the language bindings supported by Selenium.

The JavaScriptExecutor in Selenium can be used directly by importing the following package in the automation test scripts:

org.openqa.selenium.JavascriptExecutor

JavaScriptExecutor in Selenium provides two methods to interact with the WebElements:

• executeScript(): This method executes JavaScript in the context of the currently selected window or frame…