I have tried to click the button using all techniques. But I am unable to click it - html

Question

<button class="md-icon-button md-button md-ink-ripple"
type="button" ng-transclude="" ng-click="hide()">
<i class="fa fa-remove ng-scope"></i>
</button>
StepDefinition Code:
#And("^Check whether the Alert message display properly$")
public void alert_msg_display() throws Throwable {
WebElement x= driver.findElement(By.xpath("//button[#data-hover='LOGIN NOW']")); // Path of login button
actionClick(driver, x); // To click login button
WebElement y= driver.findElement(By.xpath("//div[#class='md-dialog-content ng-binding']")); // Path of Alert message text
String a = y.getText();
WebElement z= driver.findElement(By.xpath("//i[#class='fa fa-remove ng-scope']")); // Path of close button of alert popup
waitClick(driver, z); // To wait until close button display
actionClick(driver, z); // Click on close (Note:This operation get FAILED)
String a1 = "Please Enter Branch Id";
driver.findElement(By.xpath("//input[#ng-model='Branchid']")).sendKeys("HO");
actionClick(driver, x);
String b = y.getText();
waitClick(driver, z);
actionClick(driver, z);;
String b1 = "Please Enter Username (Email Id)";
if (a.equals(a1) && b.equals(b1))
test.log(LogStatus.PASS, "Test Case ID: LOG_006 to LOG_010 - Pass");
else
test.log(LogStatus.FAIL, "Test Case ID: LOG_006 to LOG_010 - Fail");
}
Runner File
public void actionClick(WebDriver driver, WebElement a) {
Actions action = new Actions(driver);
action.moveToElement(a).click().build().perform();
}
public void waitClick(WebDriver driver, WebElement a) {
WebDriverWait wait = new WebDriverWait(driver,10);
wait.until(ExpectedConditions.visibilityOf(a));
}
I have tried to click the button using .click method, Actions method, JSExecutor method and also used Wait... But I am unable to click the button. Please, drop your valuable comments. Thanks in advance...

Answer 1

It should operate on pressing the ESCAPE keys. Please try below:
The following 2 ways could work:
Getting the element locator of that image -> Send Escape to the element.
WebElement loginimg = driver.findElement(By.id("AlertX")); loginimg.sendKeys(Keys.ESCAPE);
Or
You can press Escape key by Java Robot class as below:
import java.awt.Robot; import java.awt.event.KeyEvent;
Robot r = new Robot(); r.keyPress(KeyEvent.VK_ESCAPE);
r.keyRelease(KeyEvent.VK_ESCAPE);

Answer 2

from my observations, it is clear that it is not an normal browser alert (if it is, then we can't inspect the elements in it) , so the selenium alert related codes won't work here (like driver.switchToAlert() will throw an No such alert).
Try to click using the following code snippet, it may works
WebElement z= driver.findElement(By.xpath("//button[#class='md-icon-button md-button md-ink-ripple']"));
JavascriptExecutor js = (JavascriptExecutor) driver;
js.executeScript("arguments[0].click();", z);