Cypress does not always executes click on element

For those whore are using cypress version since/after "6.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.