PartialLink text for selecting value in selenium - selenium

Question

Scenario: Search google with word 'Selenium' and click on the first link.
I have written this below code:
`WebDriver driver = new FirefoxDriver();
driver.get("https://www.google.com/");
driver.manage().window().maximize();
driver.findElement(By.id("lst-ib")).sendKeys("Selenium");
List<WebElement> alist = driver.findElements(By.partialLinkText("Selenium"));
System.out.println(alist.size());`
but it is giving me size as zero. Why?

Answer 1

Actually when you are going to find list of all links with partial text Selenium, all links are not present in the DOM due to fast execution. You should try using WebDriver to wait until all elements visible in the DOM as below :-
WebDriver driver = new FirefoxDriver();
driver.get("https://www.google.com/");
driver.manage().window().maximize();
driver.findElement(By.id("lst-ib")).sendKeys("Selenium");
WebDriverWait wait = new WebDriverWait(driver, 10);
List<WebElement> alist = wait.until(ExpectedConditions.visibilityOfAllElementsLocatedBy(By.partialLinkText("Selenium")))
System.out.println(alist.size());
Output:-13
Hope it helps...:)

Answer 2

ur problem occurs because u don't wait after searching. just wait a little moment so that browser can search and show the result. use the below code :
driver.findElement(By.id("lst-ib")).sendKeys("Selenium");
Thread.sleep(5000);
though this kind of wait is not recommended to use. Try to use wait by using until like:
WebDriverWait wait = new WebDriverWait(driver, 10);
wait.until(ExpectedConditions.visibilityOfElementLocated(By.cssSelector("element css path")));
u can use by xpath or id or class here.