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Timeout to a function Python on Windows

I use Selenium with Chrome WebDriver on mobile mode, I got an element and I need to click on it.
When I click, A pop-up is visible, which is good for me, but the click function is still going.
It's stuck and doesn't finish.
Also, when I click the element, there is no new screen on the browser, just an object visible, this is why the click button is not getting any response and doesn't finish.
I want to wrap this click function with a timeout to finish after a couple of seconds.
This must run on a Windows and I can not open a new process/thread for it, just finish the call function and continue with the code.
This is an idea of the code:
from selenium import webdriver
driver= webdriver.Chrome()
driver.get('https://webstie.com')
toggle_to_mobile() # THIS IS PRIVATE METHOD
element = driver.find_element_by_name("my_element")
element.click() # THIS IS STUCK
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Thanks!

Python selenium webdriver remote wont opening new tab

i am having this issue where every time i do
driver.execute_script("arguments[0].click();", element)
or
driver.execute_script("window.open('_blank');")
browser blocks popup and prevents new tab from opening but when i use this
element.click()
It opens new tab without any issue so the problem is i am using webdriver.Remote for multilogin platform to automate some tasks so the execute_script method is very quick on the other hand element.click() takes forever.
What is the difference between them and for execute script new tab won't open i have tried doing this
options = webdriver.ChromeOptions()
options.set_capability("profile.default_content_settings.popups", 0)
driver = webdriver.Remote(link, options=options)
also added the same in experimental options as well as prefs but nothing works
thanks for your time any input is appreciated

how to click a button as long as xpath is not found on web browser using python? i don't want to use sleep function

I am creating a program in python using web browser. There is an internet issue. When the internet is slow, the program gets the error (xpath is not found) and stops. I am also using the sleep function
How can I create a while loop of xpath?
or any other methods please explain.
I have done this...
browser.find_element_by_xpath('//*[#id="react-root"]/section/nav/div[2]/div/div/div[2]/div[1]/div/span').click()
time.sleep(3)
i want to do
when internet gets slow. The program will wait for xpath then click.

Try using Explicit Wait
See this link : https://www.selenium.dev/documentation/en/webdriver/waits/#explicit-wait

You can and should use webdriver wait.
It was introduced exactly for this purpose.
from selenium.webdriver.common.by import By
from selenium.webdriver.support.ui import WebDriverWait
from selenium.webdriver.support import expected_conditions as EC
wait = WebDriverWait(driver, 20)
wait.until(EC.visibility_of_element_located((By.XPATH, '//*[#id="react-root"]/section/nav/div[2]/div/div/div[2]/div[1]/div/span'))).click()
You also should use better locators.
//*[#id="react-root"]/section/nav/div[2]/div/div/div[2]/div[1]/div/span
doesn't look good at all.

Possible to show the animation of scrolling on Selenium Python

I have seen posts on using the sleep function before scrolling to the element but I was wondering if its possible to actually show the process of scrolling, instead of hard cutting down to the element. I want the python script to scroll as if were using a mouse to scroll through a page.
So far I have the scroll line:
driver.implicitly_wait(5)
driver.execute_script("window.scrollTo(0, 1000)")
which works, but just hard cuts down the page.

The answer was a lot simple than I thought.
from selenium import webdriver
path = 'D:\coding\chromedriver.exe'
driver = webdriver.Chrome(path)
driver.get('https://selenium-python.readthedocs.io/getting-started.html#simple-usage') #ANY WEBSITE INSIDE BRACKETS
for i in range(1000):
browser.execute_script("window.scrollBy(0, 1)")
This seems to work perfectly, the only downside being that you cannot specify the length of time scrolling, only adjust the pixels.

Selenium - How to adjust the mouse speed when moving a slider?

I've got this code to bypass captcha basically:
#!/usr/bin/python
from selenium import webdriver
from selenium.webdriver.common.keys import Keys
from selenium.webdriver.common.action_chains import ActionChains
import time
import sys
try:
driver = webdriver.Chrome()
driver.get(sys.argv[1])
time.sleep(2)
slider = driver.find_element_by_id('nc_2_n1z')
move = ActionChains(driver)
move.click_and_hold(slider).move_by_offset(400, 0).release().perform()
time.sleep(5)
driver.close()
except:
pass
Everything works but when I execute this code, it moves the slider very fast (probably less than 1 second) so I can't bypass the Slide to verify captcha. From start to finish moving the slider, I want it to take 3-5 seconds so it'll act more like a human when moving the slider. Is it possible to adjust the speed when moving the slider ?

You can try this by splitting the below line
move.click_and_hold(slider).move_by_offset(400, 0).release().perform()
You have to click and hold for the desired seconds then release
move.click_and_hold(slider).perform()
sleep(2)
move.move_by_offset(400, 0).release().perform()
However i am not sure the ask can handle captcha as most of the modern captcha can figure out if you are running script