I am trying to locate element using relative XPath. I have attached HTML schema of the element. Below is the XPath I am using:
//a[contains(text(),"Sales")].
If you want to locate link by text you might need to use search by link text instead of XPath:
Java:
driver.findElement(By.linkText("Sales")).click();
Python:
driver.find_element_by_link_text("Sales").click()
Note that you should use exact value as it appears on rendered page in browser:
if it appears as SALES:
driver.find_element_by_link_text("SALES")
if it appears as "Sales":
driver.find_element_by_link_text("\"Sales\"")
In case some extra text is added by ::before pseudo-element, you can also use search by partial link text:
driver.find_element_by_partial_link_text("Sales")
//*[#class='**your class name**']//*[text()='Sales']
Hope above XPath helps you!
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I need to detect via xpath an element (image with href) but i know a part of href only
This is the html
<img src="//user/banners/16/08/1614708.gif" alt="AAA" data-tip="BBB" currentitem="false" class="" width="468" height="60">
I know the id 123456 (part of href)
I tried this xpath that recognize element with a part of href but working in text link only
xpath=//a[contains(#href, "123456")]
How can i detect the element using a part of href only ?
I need xpath only please.
You need get /img in //a where href attribute contains() or ends-with() your id
This is XPATH that you need. At least i would use this XPATH in this situation
//a[ends-with(#href, 'your-id-here')]/img
You can use regular expresions. Something like
driver.find_element_by_xpath("//input[starts-with (#name,'Tut')]")
or as you described
driver.find_element_by_xpath("//input[contains(#name,'sel')]").
Be awere of one thing, do not use double quotes, for the string you are searching as atribute value. Use a single quote like I previously described.
I've gone through the Selenium Documentation for locating elements, but I can't seem to figure out how to find the element in my code.
Here is my code from my .cshtml:
<a onclick="alter('#key', '#value')" href="#edit" id="#key-display">#value</a>
I am trying to locate and click the #value at the end.
Here is what it looks like when I inspect the value on Chrome:
<a onclick="alter('February 9, 2018', '1.00000')" href="#edit" id="February 9, 2018-display">1.00000 gallons</a>
I am able to locate the element by link text like this:
chromeDriver.FindElementByLinkText("1.00000 gallons").Click();
However, the link text will change constantly and I want to be able to locate it after it changes.
I have tried locating by several ways:
chromeDriver.FindElementByLinkText("#value").Click();
chromeDriver.FindElementByXPath("//a[#id='#key-display']").Click();
chromeDriver.FindElementById("#key-display").Click()
You will have to locate the element by the HTML in the page after it's rendered so the cshtml variable name can't be used. Having said that, you should be able to find a locator that will work. I would start with a CSS selector like
a[href='#edit']
That should work unless you have multiple edit links on the page. If that doesn't work, I would try
a[href='#edit'][id$='-display']
To find the element and invoke click() on the element you can use either of the following Locator Strategies :
xpath (where ID contains -display and href is #edit)
"//a[contains(#id,'-display') and #href='#edit']"
You can be more granular adding the onclick attribute as :
"//a[contains(#id,'-display') and #href='#edit' and starts-with(#onclick,'alter')]"
cssSelector (where ID ends with -display and href is #edit)
"//a[id$='-display'][href='#edit']"
You can be more granular adding the onclick attribute as :
"//a[id$='-display'][href='#edit'][onclick^='alter']"
I'm trying to find 'span' element with a text 'update' within. I'm using following code to do so.
<<span class="update-btn-text">Update</span>
This fails and selenium is unable to find the element. How can I find an element with specific text with span?
You can use any one of the following locators.
Using className:
driver.findElement(By.className("update-btn-text")).click();
Using CSS selector:
driver.findElement(By.cssSelector("span.update-btn-text")).click();
Using XPath:
driver.findElement(By.xpath("//span[#class="update-btn-text"])).click();
driver.findElement(By.xpath("//span[text()='Update']")).click();
Hi
I am not able to find the correct xpath for the Html code added in the attachment.
I have written below xpath but it is not working.
//div[#class="calendar-item-title"][1]//*[#class="calendar-item-time"][1]
Please find attached image for more details of Html code.
div[#class="calendar-item-title"] does not have a child *[#class="calendar-item-time"] according to your image.
Your *[#class="calendar-item-time"] is in div[#class="items-container"]
so your xpath would be:
//div[#class="items-container"][1]//a[#class="calendar-item-time"][1]
Just add : "/parent::*" at the end of //div[#class="calendar-item-title"] if you want the parent element
Try this xpath :
//a[contains(text(),'12:30 am')]
try with the below xpath
driver.findElement(By.xpath("//a[text()='12:30 am']")).click()
from ur image, its not clear there are more 12.30 containing text or not. In that case, use
driver.findElements(By.xpath("//a[text()='12:30 am']")).get(0).click();
i need to click on dat element:
<span id="act_action9" class="" onclick="openDialog('export', event)">
text
</span>
i cant click on id,because it is dynamic. After a click i am getting window with some settings.
You should use xpath in order to click this element, so you could add an expression that unequivocally identify this element.
Could you please include more HTML code, because just with the code included is not enough to create a xpath expression.
I recommend this tutorial to start doing good xpath expressions:
http://www.w3schools.com/xpath/
See example for dynamic xpath
By.xpath("//span[#id [contains(.,'act_action')]]")
Great xpath cheatsheets: http://extract-web-data.com/5-best-xpath-cheat-sheets-and-quick-references/
You can also use xpath like following(assuming only digit is dynamic):
".//span[contains(#id, 'act_action')]"
As ID is dynamic, you can use xpath for text which is inside span.
driver.findElement(By.xpath("//span[text()='text']").click();
Or if part of ID remain common, then you can use
//span[contains(#id,'act')]