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How can I Click on Event triggers for example using Selenium Java?
I've tried this code:
By.xpath("//button[contains(text(),'Event triggers')]");
By.xpath("//button[contains(text(),'Submit')]");
I tried this as well:
WebElement Box= driver.findElement(By.tagName("Event triggers"));
Box.submit();
Neither of these worked...
Thank you
Try to using this:
By.xpath("//a[contains(text(),'Event triggers')]");
instead of
By.xpath("//button[contains(text(),'Event triggers')]");
Based on the page source mentioned in the comment I think Event Triggers is not a button but an tag which essentially makes it a link.
As you know the text of the link you are trying to click you can always use:
driver.findElement(By.linkText("Event Triggers"));
to get Event Triggers web element.
Using xpath should be avoided due to slow performance.
Well, if button doesnt have any id , you can try to write dynamic xpath by using "class name" and "type" (there are plenty of examples , you can learn easily how to create your xpath) , or easiest way, use firebug to locate element that you want to click and copy exact Xpath via firebug. And then click.
The correct answer is:
By.xpath("//button[contains(text(),'Event triggers')]").click();
You were missing that click action.
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There are many buttons sharing the same class.
May have to go with clicking the link /account/logout'.
This is the code I'm trying to use:
input class="btnRed text-uppercase fo_white" value="Logout" onclick="window.location.href='/account/logout';" type="button"
Hard to say because you didn't provide enough info, but you could probably make it work by using value attribute. Something like this if you are using java.
driver.findElement(By.cssSelector("[value='Logout']")).click();
Not pretty solution, but give it a try:
driver.findElement(By.cssSelector(".btnRed.text-uppercase.fo_white")).click();
Looking at your HTML DOM this command will work for you:
driver.findElement(By.xpath("//input[#value='Logout']")).click();
Let me know if it works for you.
Looking at your HTML, this should work
driver.findElement(By.xpath("//input[#value='Logout'][#type='button']")).click();
Let me know if it works.
Is your element visible/enabled? In order to select an element, it must be present in your DOM. If the element is activated through an event, it cannot be selected until the event occurs.
Take a look at this post. This other post also have good ideas.
I am trying to explore log In button xpath with this site https://www.componence.com/login, by just recording and play back.Then I tried to get it through firepath and chrome browser default xpath copier.
But it looks like every time submit button xpath get changed with page load. I got following xpath for "Sign IN" button.
.//*[#id='yui_patched_v3_11_0_1_1487250469606_202']
.//*[#id='yui_patched_v3_11_0_1_1487251369606_202']
.//*[#id='yui_patched_v3_11_0_1_1487250229606_202']
.//*[#id='yui_patched_v3_11_0_1_1487254369606_202']
Can you please help me to retrieve correct xpath of Sign IN button which I can use with selenium IDE?
You can use below XPath to handle dynamic id:
//button[starts-with(#id, "yui_patched_v3_11_0_1_")]
But better solution is to use text content of element:
//button[normalize-space(text())="Sign In"]
I will have to disagree with the second statement of #Andersson, since it will work for .com but not for .nl.
As I see the site has a second language and my opinion is to avoid using selectors based on text on a multi-language environment.
Also as I see the id seems does not have a meaningful value, in this case try to identify a unique parent section and go from there.
One option for css/xpath would be:
css: form.sign-in-form button
xpath: //form[contains(#class, 'sign-in-form')]//button
What command in webdriver should I use to make sure it clicks the specific text i.e Last Month
the code is
<div class="dt_padded_medium_div">
<a onclick="setLastMonth()" href="#">Last Month</a>
I tried xpath by using firepath but still doesnt work
it was
//*[#id='block-2']/div/div[3]/table/tbody/tr[1]/td[5]
I used
driver.findElement(By.xpath("//*[#id='block-2']/div/div[3]/table/tbody/tr[1]/td[5]")).click();
but still didnt work, am I missing something?
Update:
Got the Code working guys, thanks for the help!
If there is only one 'a' element in the page with this text, try this XPath:
//a[text()='Last Month']
If there are more than one element, please, post the full HTML tree else we're unable to write a xpath without know the tag path and ensure it will work
Are you sure your xPath is correct?
Install FirePath on Firefox and experiment with your xPath as on screenshot below.
Also, that does look like a long and brittle xPath. Look up xPath cheat sheets to learn how to make your xPath more robust.
In your case I would imagine something like:
//*[#id='block-2']/descendant::a[text()='Last Month']
(get the element with a particular ID, then search for an <a></a> in that element, no matter how deep, with a particular text)
In your question, you have used a "id" that is not shown in your code, where is #id='block-2'. It is possible for you to have used the wrong id. For us to help you, can you please provide the whole HTML code?
What I can suggest based on the information you have provided is:
Making sure the Xpath you have provided is unique, there is an add-on for Firefox called Firebug you can use. It will help you find out the xpath you are after fast and easy. What you need to do is basically:
download firefox and install it;
download firebug add-on and install it to firefox;
you will notice there is a small bug symbol to the top right of your tool bar, please enable it;
you will see a console pops out, click on inspection button and click on any web element you want to inspect and its html code will be highlighted in the console;
right click on the highlighted code and choose to copy its xpath to clipboard. This way you will never get your xpath wrong.
Here is a quick tutorial:
http://www.wikihow.com/Find-XPath-Using-Firebug
P.S. There are more than one way to locate a webelement, please consider using the following options as well:
Css selector
class name
id
This link will direct you to an awesome cheat cheet.
http://scraping.pro/res/xpath-cheat/xpath_css_dom_recipes.pdf
Hope it helps.
Please try to use below code to click on the text Last Month
driver.findElement(By.xpath(".//a[text()='Last Month']")).click();
Hope this helps.
You can use below code to click on the link containing the text 'Last Month'
driver.findElement(By.linkText("Last Month")).click();
First of all make sure that your xpath works correctly, try to use more specific xpath other than just td[5] or smthn like that, for example above could be like:
//div[#class='dt_padded_medium_div']/a[#href] - meaning, we need to find <div> element with specific parent and within it <a> element that has href property
There are a few possibilities.
If you're site doesn´t get rewritten to much you could just go for the link name via
driver.findElement(By.linkName("Last Month");
You could also go for any of the attributes if your site is subject of many rewrites like this and just put "href" and "#" or "onclick" and "setLastMonth()" as arguments when calling it.
static WebElement getLink(String Attribute, String Value /*String ItemText*/){
List<WebElement> Elements = driver.findElements(By.tagName("a"));
for(int Counter = 0, Counter < Elements.size(); Counter++){
if(Elements.get(Counter).getAttribute(Attribute).contains(Value) /* && Elements.get(Counter).getText().equals(ItemText){
return Elements.get(Counter);
}
}
return null;
}
If you remove the comments it will go completely sure and check for the Attributes and the displayed text.
I trying to click on the create account button in registration form.
this is how the button locate in the html page:
<div id="submitContainer"><button type="submit" class="large"><span><strong> Create Account </strong></span></button></div>
this is the button xpath:
//*[#id="submitContainer"]/button/span/strong
the problem is that the button don't have id, he locate inside a div.
I try to use by id,xpath,css,name, but all of this not working:
driver.findElement(By.id("submitContainer")).click();
driver.findElement(By.xpath("//*[#id='submitContainer']/button/span/strong")).click();
driver.findElement(By.tagName("Create Account")).click();
driver.findElement(By.className("large")).click();
thanks!
In your examples, except for the last one, you are not targeting the button. Now your last example, should actually locate the button-element:
driver.findElement(By.className("large")).click();
Could you please post the error message you are getting?
Are there more than one element on the page with className "large"?
Make sure the button is in view window, if it is then try clicking on it. Try to wait for the element to load. There might be an issue with your element being loaded into DOM -
driver.wait.until(ExpectedConditions.presenceOfElementLocated(By.xpath("//button[#type='submit']"))).click();
Hope this helps.
If you want to use xpath, the correct syntax is
//button[#type='submit']
Use this line below:
Thread.sleep(3000);
I got the result once I used this one. Since some time we need to give some sleep time for the site to load fully to pull the Xpath.
You can use the linkText
driver.findElement(By.linkText("Create Account")).click();
Hope it will work for you.
Ok guys,
I'm QAing a claims application by guidewire and this is where im running into an issue.
The header area has header buttons and one of them is Claims, this button has two click zones, when you click on the claims label it recalls the last claim you had opened, when you click the down arrow, it opens and shows you more options.
The option I want to get to is "New Claim"
FirePath shows me two seperate xPaths
For the claim label: .//[#id='TabBar:ClaimTab-btnInnerEl']
For the downarrow label: .//[#id='TabBar:ClaimTab-btnWrap']
Once the downarrow is initiated the xpath for New Claim: .//*[#id='TabBar:ClaimTab:ClaimTab_FNOLWizard-textEl']
However when I write my script:
driver.findElement(By.xpath(".//*[#id='TabBar:ClaimTab-btnWrap']")).click();
driver.findElement(By.xpath(".//*[#id='TabBar:ClaimTab:ClaimTab_FNOLWizard-textEl']")).click();
it constantly keeps clicking on the wrong area and recalling the last claim and the script fails.
Here is a screencast of the behavior expected:
http://screencast.com/t/jtI1kGkfmXK
and here is basically what its doing
http://screencast.com/t/s2Q6VrbJl
What can I do to circumvent this issue? Its driving me crazy.
I took help from here
Try this code, and see if it works:
driver.findElement(By.xpath("//span[#id='TabBar:ClaimTab-btnWrap']")).sendKeys(Keys.ARROW_DOWN);
Well what I can gather is you have to get to the "New Claim" span and click it.
You can use Javascriptexecutor and directly click on the "New Claim" even without bringing it up. It helps that your intended element to be clicked has a unique id.
So you can use the following :
var js = Driver as IJavaScriptExecutor;
if (js != null)
{
js.ExecuteScript("document.getElementById('TabBar:ClaimTab:ClaimTab_FNOLWizard-textEl').click();")
}
You need to click open the window and wait for that to open.So,
Some wait needed after your first click
Then, You probably have to use switchTo() to set focus on the newly opened dropdown window. Some examples how to use it are here. After that use a textbase search for finding your element. Something like this.
EDIT:
I found text base search helps a lot in such cases.
try this:
driver.findElement(By.xpath(".//*[#id='TabBar:ClaimTab-btnWrap']")).click();
//use some static delay for now. But, really you should use some fluent wait for the element to appear.
driver.findElement(By.xpath(".//*[.='New Claim']")).click();
I figured it out! I had to use the actions class but this worked!
Its a little weird but it works
WebElement element = driver.findElement(By.linkText("Claim"));
Actions builder = new Actions(driver);
Action dropdown = builder.clickAndHold(element)
.sendKeys(Keys.ARROW_DOWN).sendKeys(Keys.ARROW_DOWN)
.build();
dropdown.perform();
driver.findElement(By.xpath(".//*[#id='TabBar:ClaimTab:ClaimTab_FNOLWizard-textEl']")).click();