system is giving me unable to locate element error message
scenario is i have to select the occupation list which contains values like salaried, self employed(Business) , Self employed(Professional)etc.. on the basis of which the value values will be populated in next dropdown list i am using below code.
driver.findElement(By.id("select2-ED_EmpType-container")).click();
Thread.sleep(4000);
driver.findElement(By.xpath("//*[text()='Salaried']")).click();
the above code is working for other dropdowns bt not working for this dropdown
properties of this dropdown
<ul id="select2-ED_EmpType-results" class="select2-results__options" role="tree" aria-expanded="true" aria-hidden="false">
<li class="select2-results__option" role="treeitem" aria-selected="false"> Please select... </li>
<li id="select2-ED_EmpType-result-nhlf-Salaried" class="select2-results__option" role="treeitem" aria-selected="true"> Salaried </li>
It seems there is space in your string use below xpath
//li[normalize-space() ='Salaried']
To click on the option item Salaried you can use either of the following line of code :
cssSelector :
driver.findElement(By.cssSelector("li.select2-results__option#select2-ED_EmpType-result-nhlf-Salaried")).click();
xpath :
driver.findElement(By.xpath("//li[class='select2-results__option' and id='select2-ED_EmpType-result-nhlf-Salaried']")).click();
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I'm trying to select and element which has a specific atribute.
<div class="x-grid3-cell-inner x-grid3-col-7 x-unselectable" unselectable="on" ext:qtip="Final" style="background:none;with=100%;background-image:url(/images/18_status_final.png);background-repeat:no-repeat;background-position:center;" id="flgstatus_id"> </div>
It's : "ext:qtip='Final'.
I'm trying to select it with
bot.FindElementByXPath("//div[contains(.,'Final')]").Click
It returns: element not found.
However i am able to select it using
bot.FindElementByXPath("//div[2]/table/tbody/tr/td[8]/div").Click
My goal is to check if an element has 'Final' and select it.
Thank you for your help.
FindElementByCss("[ext\:qtip=Final]")
to select it
bot.FindElementsByCss("[ext\:qtip=Final]").Item(2).Click
to choose an item.
I'm new to Xpath so if this doesn't contain all relevant information apologies & let me know what you need to solve it.
I am trying to find an Xpath to an "expand arrow" element which expands a row in a table. The "expand arrow" element isn't unique so I would like to select it based on text contained in another element on the same row. The layout is as follows:
<td id="__table2-rows-row10-col0">
<div class="sapUiTableCellFlex">
<span id="__table2-rows-row10- treeicon" title="Expand Node" role="button">
<div id="__hbox27-__clone101">
<div id="__data70-__clone101">
<div id="__data71-__clone101">
<span id="__text47-__clone101" title="sys-admin">sys-admin</span>
I'd like to select the element with title = "Expand Node"
<span id="__table2-rows-row10- treeicon" title="Expand Node" role="button">
based on the element with title or text = "sys-admin"
<span id="__text47-__clone101" title="sys-admin">sys-admin</span>
I've played around with various options but I can't seem to get it to work. Any ideas would be much appreciated!
Thanks
To locate the element with title as Expand Node with respect to the element with title or text as sys-admin you can use either of the following Locator Strategies:
xpath and title attribute:
"//span[#title='sys-admin']//ancestor::span[#title='Expand Node']"
xpath and text() attribute:
"//span[text()='sys-admin']//ancestor::span[#title='Expand Node']"
I eventually got it to work using the following xpath:
//span[#title='sys-admin']/../../preceding-sibling::span[#title='Expand Node']
I've this html body for a kendo dropdown list which has only one attribute i.e. id which is dynamically changing, how do i identify this object on every page refresh accurately.
other attributes like class and tab index already are present with same values multiple times on the same page for other dropdowns-
<span role="listbox" unselectable="on" class="k-dropdown-wrap k-state-default" id="dde13a91-2bf3-4e41-af72-bee1b881a8d9" dir="ltr" readonly="false" tabindex="0" aria-disabled="false" aria-readonly="false" aria-haspopup="true" aria-expanded="false" aria-owns="48f666d8-4c3c-43a8-a4dc-8e7a9961a0ef" aria-activedescendant="ca3c4431-3ebf-46c0-9510-a64a32eae108-C.US.0000110896">
<span unselectable="on" class="k-input">
<!---->
<!---->2018 ALBERTSONS / Beverage Mixes
</span>
<span unselectable="on" class="k-select">
<span class="k-i-arrow-s k-icon"></span>
</span>
<!---->
</span>
If there is a always present value in dropdown, You can try to find this value by text or something, and then get a parent:
XPath: Get parent node from child node
Other way is to get it by xpath of structure, like: div[3]/.../span etc. It is not good as every change can fail Your test, but if You have no other options, then You might want to try this.
To click on the element with the only attribute-text as 2018 ALBERTSONS / Beverage Mixes you need to induce WebDriverWait for the element to be clickable and you can use the following solution:
(Java) xpath:
new WebDriverWait(driver, 20).until(ExpectedConditions.elementToBeClickable(By.xpath("//span[#class='k-dropdown-wrap k-state-default' and #role='listbox']//span[#class='k-input']"))).click();
I found a workaround to locate the element:
First get the xpath of the span tag inside the dropdown using it's text as below:
//text()[contains(.,'2018 ')]
since '2018 ' is common irrespective of adjacent text
Then move up to the parent tag of the dropdown to locate the dropdown frame which can be collapsed on click:
//text()[contains(.,'2018 ')]/parent::/parent::
then simply click on the element which is located.
driver.findElement(By.xpath("//text()[contains(.,'2018 ')]/parent::/parent::")).click();
My supervisor has recently switched us from HP-UFT to Robot with the Selenium Webdriver and I'm finding it extremely difficult to figure out how to use the driver and/or keyword framework to expand a folding tree ul/li webelement.
Below is a stripped out example of the code on the page:
<ul>
<li class="node-class open" id="i1454430045821320">
<a class="" style="" href="">
<ins> </ins>Location Header 1</a>
<ul>
<li class="node-instance leaf" id="i1454430058247421">
<a class="" style="" href="">
<ins> </ins>Location 1</a>
</li>
<li class="node-instance last leaf" id="i14545337159411690">
<a class="" style="" href="">
<ins> </ins>Location 2</a>
</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li class="node-class closed " id="i14544407827351156">
<a class="" style="" href="">
<ins> </ins>Location Header 2</a>
</li>
What I'm trying to do should be extremely simple: I want to expand a specifed closed tree structure if it's classed as closed. Beneath each branch is an optional nested branch, or a selection checkbox. My end goal is to be able to drill down to a location in the tree that the tester specifies and click the end leaf.
Using "Click Element|xpath=/ul/li[a[contains(text(),'Location Header 2')]" does expand the branch but it also selects all of the child node checkboxes.
In UFT, if I hit this kind of problem I'd simply change the parent <li> class to force it open (if I couldn't click or use any of the other methods to drill down and select).
In Robot, I can use the keyword "Get Element Attribute" to READ the class, but I don't see a keyword to CHANGE it so that idea is out. What I'm looking for is a way to expand the tree branches without inadvertently selecting all of the child nodes.
The drilling down through the tree portion I can deal with once I figure out how to open the nodes correctly but opening up the branch without potentially selecting all of the sub-items is making me pound my head into my desk.
I keep thinking that maybe I'm missing something simple. Any assistance on something that I could try would be greatly appreciated.
Figured it out! Thank you all so much for the ideas.
Click Element At Coordinates | xpath=//ul/li[a[contains(text(),'Location Header 2')] | -100 | 0
Luckily all of the ul element columns on the page have the same css style which sets them at 200px width. I figured through trial and error that the "At Coordinates" option clicks from the center of the object (and not the top left as I originally thought). I figured I'd share this in case anyone else ever has a similar problem.
Am newbie to selenium (java).
I have to click on the menu item which is under <ul> tag as <li> items. I can able to get it with //*[#id='MainMenu']/li[5]/span xpath.
I do not want to hard code [5] of the list item, because item's position may change. It may not at 5th position all the time.
I wanted to get xpath for the particular item under particular tag with an id.
Edit:
This is how my html looks like. List item text will be loading dynamically.
<ul id="sfMainMenu" class="sf-menu ui-selectable">
<li class="ui-selected ui-selectee">
<span subnav="0" param="cmd=desk" filesrc="/Dashboard/Index"></span>
</li>
<li class="ui-selectee"></li>
<li class="ui-selectee"></li>
<li class="ui-selectee"></li>
<li class="ui-selectee">
<span subnav="18" param="cmd=desk" filesrc="../myFile.aspx"></span>
</li>
</ul>
Kindly suggest the approach with an example.
I suggest trying this:
//*[#id='MainMenu']/li[normalize-space() = 'The text you want']/span
Though if you could show us what the HTML in question actually looks like, we can provide a more reliable answer. XPath doesn't have any concept of "visual text", so if you have some text that's hidden within the li you're trying to retrieve, that could be considerably trickier.
I have solved by using filesrc attibute of span tag in the list item.
Xpath is:
//span[contains(#filesrc, 'myFile.aspx')]
As my .aspx file will be the same for any page, so I used filesrc attribute which contains the actual file name and is the only file name in that html page.
You can use the following
driver.FindElement(By.XPath("//li[contains(Text(),'Expected Text']")).Click();
Or you can avoid xpath all together by running a foreach loop on the relevant Class tag
foreach (IWebElement e in driver.FindElements(By.ClassName("ui-selectee")))
{
if (e.Displayed && e.Text == "Expected Text")
e.Click();
}