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scrollIntoView() not working for horizontal scroll (Selenium)

i want to scroll right to a column. This is what i tried:

((JavascriptExecutor) driver).executeScript("arguments[0].scrollIntoView(true);", element);

This works for vertical scrolling but not for horizontal.

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Success Shrestha Avatar asked Oct 24 '19 05:10

Success Shrestha


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1 Answers

Element.scrollIntoView()

Element.scrollIntoView() method scrolls the element on which it's called into the Viewport of the browser window.


Syntax

  • element.scrollIntoView()
  • element.scrollIntoView(alignToTop) // Boolean parameter
  • element.scrollIntoView(scrollIntoViewOptions) // Object parameter

Parameters

The parameters for this method are:

  • alignToTop (Optional): Is a Boolean value, if true, the top of the element will be aligned to the top of the visible area of the scrollable ancestor. This is the default value. If false, the bottom of the element will be aligned to the bottom of the visible area of the scrollable ancestor. Corresponds to scrollIntoViewOptions: {block: "end", inline: "nearest"}.
  • scrollIntoViewOptions (Optional): Is an Object with the following properties:
    • behavior (Optional): Defines the transition animation. One of "auto" or "smooth". Defaults to "auto".
    • block (Optional): Defines vertical alignment. One of "start", "center", "end", or "nearest". Defaults to "start".
    • inline (Optional): Defines horizontal alignment. One of "start", "center", "end", or "nearest". Defaults to "nearest".

This usecase

As per your line of code:

((JavascriptExecutor) driver).executeScript("arguments[0].scrollIntoView(true);", element);

the argument true refers to boolean value for alignToTop. Hence the issue.


Solution

To automate horizontal scrolling you need to pass the argument for the inline parameter either among the following: - start - centre - end - nearest


Alternative

As an alternative you can use either of the following options

  • scrollLeft(): Element.scrollLeft() property gets or sets the number of pixels that an element's content is scrolled from its left edge. If the element's direction is rtl (right-to-left), then scrollLeft is 0 when the scrollbar is at its rightmost position (at the start of the scrolled content), and then increasingly negative as you scroll towards the end of the content.
  • scrollWidth(): Element.scrollWidth() read-only property is a measurement of the width of an element's content, including content not visible on the screen due to overflow.

Outro

You can find a couple of relevant detailed discussion in:

  • What is the difference between the different scroll options?
  • Selenium python Error: element could not be scrolled into view
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