Cypress does not always executes click on element

https://github.com/cypress-io/cypress/issues/2928 helped me.

cy.get('[data-qa="select_workers-list"]'.contains('+ New Worker').trigger('mouseover').click();

2022 here and tested with cypress version: "6.x.x" until "10.x.x"

You could use { force: true } like:

cy.get("YOUR_SELECTOR").click({ force: true });

but this might not solve it ! The problem might be more complex, that's why check below

My solution:

cy.get("YOUR_SELECTOR").trigger("click");

Explanation:

In my case, I needed to watch a bit deeper what's going on. I started by pin the click action like this:

Then watch the console, and you should see something like:

Now click on line Mouse Events, it should display a table:

So basically, when Cypress executes the click function, it triggers all those events but somehow my component behave the way that it is detached the moment where click event is triggered.

So I just simplified the click by doing:

cy.get("YOUR_SELECTOR").trigger("click");

And it worked 🎉

Hope this will fix your issue or at least help you debug and understand what's wrong.

For me this code worked:

Inside your click methods add : { force: true } It will make force click.

Also add: cy.wait(150) to beforeEach or before click where your test fails.

It is just workaround not a solution.

Link to Cypress Issue

Also i saw this alternative:

cy.get('#query-btn').invoke('width').should('be.gt', 0)

cy.get('#query-btn').invoke('width').should('be. greaterThan', 0)

But it didnt work out for me. Maybe will be usefull for someone!