TestComplete doesn't show click method on inspection but it will appear in browser

Question

Hi, I am currently having issues attempting to click a icon button within my application. TestComplete is able to find the element through the FindChildByXPath method however, when TestComplete attempts to click the button I recivev an error saying "Click is not a function".

Through further investigation within the Chrome inspect element "Click" is listed as an event listener. But in TestComplete this method does not appear. Is therre anyway to work around this issue?

Thank you for any help!

note: Some title and class names have been changed for the examples. Within the screenshot for the methods shown by TestComplete the remainder of the list that cannot be seen also does not show a Click method.

rraghvani · Accepted Answer

If the Devs can structure the coding similar to&nbsp;https://www.w3schools.com/howto/howto_js_treeview.asp,&nbsp;then you should be able to perform a click on the name to expand the nodes.

rraghvani · Answer

The object is a &lt;span&gt; and not a &lt;button&gt;, hence Click() method won't work. Try getting the parent object, and see if Click() method works.&nbsp;This might be able to help,&nbsp;https://stackoverflow.com/questions/34047001/how-to-click-on-a-span-using-javascript-span-has-no-class-or-id

bewen · Answer

Hi&nbsp;rraghvani&nbsp;thank you for the reply. Unfortunately that button when clicked is just to produce the dropdown menu to see the further nodes. The &lt;span&gt; element which is the "plus" icon on the browser is what im trying to click to show a further dropdown menu. However that is the only element used to show that further dropdown menu, if you remove that &lt;span&gt; you can no longer access or click anywhere to get that next dropdown menu.&nbsp;I have tried to use the JQuery code you suggested however it produces an error "is not a function" when i run the test. Is their a specific way of using Jquery or regular JavaScript within TestComplete?

rraghvani · Answer

I've found an example website that uses &lt;span&gt; on a tree view. The following coding is able to click on&nbsp; Beverages and expand the nodes.I suggest you try to perform a click on "Node 1" text

bewen · Answer

Hi&nbsp;rraghvani, unfortunately I have already tried clicking on the "Node 1" text, but it is not clickable. Only the &lt;span&gt; containing the "plus" icon is clickable.&nbsp;

rraghvani · Answer

What does the HTML coding look like? For example,&nbsp;&nbsp;

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