Protractor clicking on the link, but element is not visible?

angularjs, end-to-end, protractor, selenium-webdriver

Solution

From your comment, I suggest you to use the `onPrepare` option in your Protractor config to maximize the browser window before your specs start running:

onPrepare: function() {
  browser.driver.manage().window().maximize();
}

Problem

Hu guys, I have a problem when I want to click on a link that is in list on html page. Here is my html: ``` <h3>{{snapshot.contractKey}}&nbsp;</h3> <ul class="nav nav-pills nav-stacked"> <li><a id="documentLink" href="" ng-click="checkAndRedirect('/document1/')"><span translate="contractDetail.document1"> Document</span>&nbsp;<i class="fa fa-file-text"></i></a></li> <li class="active"><a id="detailsLink" href="" ng-click="checkAndRedirect('/document2/')"> <span translate="contractDetail.document2"> Details</span>&nbsp;<i class="fa fa-list-ul"></i></a></li> <li><a id="revisionsLink" href="" ng-click="checkAndRedirect('/document3/')"> <span translate="contractDetail.document3"> Revisions </span>&nbsp;<i class="fa fa-exchange"></i></a></li> <li><a id="auditTrailLink" href="" ng-click="checkAndRedirect('/document4/')"> <span translate="contractDetail.document4"> Audit Trail</span>&nbsp;<i class="fa fa-tasks"></i></a></li> <li><a id="actionHistoryLink" href="" ng-click="checkAndRedirect('/document5/')"> <span translate="contractDetail.document5">Action History </span>&nbsp;<i class="fa fa-clock-o"></i></a></li> </ul> ``` When I want to click on a link by its ID in protractor test, error is shown No such element or Element is not visible. Here is my test line of code: ``` element(by.id('documentLink')).click(); ``` Do you know why it is bad solution and what do to? When I do this: ``` element.all(by.tagName('a')).then(function(results){ expect(results.length).toEqual(5); }); ``` he returns me that is correct and there are 5 links on page. But when I try to access them by ID, I can not do that?

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