Selenium test – OK/Cancel popup disappearing immediately

Odd one here. When testing this manually I click the delete button, wait for the popup Then I click OK and the record is removed as expected. But when I try to do the same in Java/Selenium it goes like this->

WebElement element = _driver.findElement(By.id("btnDeletePatient"));
JavascriptExecutor executor = (JavascriptExecutor)_driver;
executor.executeScript("arguments[0].click();", element);

_driver.findElement(By.id("btnDeletePatient")).click();

Both have the same response, the OK/Cancel popup will appear and then immediately vanish.

This is the code for the button

<input type="submit" name="ctl00$cpContentLeft$btnPatient" 
value="Delete User" onclick="return userDelete();" 
id="ctl00_cpContentLeft_btnPatient" 
tabindex="81" class="btn btn-outline-primary btn-sm mr-3">

And this is the code for the function userDelete

 function userDelete() {
        if (confirm("Are you sure you wish to delete this user?")) {
            return true;
        }
        else {
            return false;
        }
    }

Also I have now tried the same in Edge, same thing so this does not appear to be a Chrome issue.

Anyone got any ideas what is causing this please?

Further tests as follows. I place a breakpoint just at the point the script will click the delete run and run the script. The page loads as expected and I get to the problem point.

I manually click the Delete button, the popup appears and then stays until I click cancel.
Using this code I step through and the popup appears and then instantly disappears.

_driver.findElement(By.id(“ctl00_cpContentLeft_btnDelete”)).click();
Using this code the response is the say as 2.

_driver.findElement(By.id(“ctl00_cpContentLeft_btnDeletePatient”)).sendKeys(Keys.SPACE);
Then I try a double click and nothing happens. On all tests I see no errors in the console.

Answer

Ok found it

The issue was within the chromedriver, this line fixed it

chromeOptions.setCapability(“unexpectedAlertBehaviour”, “ignore”);

Now the popup remains until actioned in the script.

We live and learn, thanks for all your help.

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