How can I select a link text using a css selector?

Question

I have a tabel with more rows and I need to look for specific "selecttext1". -class myclass is not enough, because it is used for every row -href="#/test/id_var1 it's changing every time and I don't know its value

<td class="myclass">
<a class="ng-binding" href="#/test/id_var1">selectthistext1</a>
</td>

<td class="myclass">
<a class="ng-binding" href="#/test/id_var2">selectthistext2</a>
</td>

score 6 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:22

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You can use linktext or xpath as follows:

driver.findElement(By.xpath("//a[text()='selectthistext1']"));
//OR
driver.findElement(By.linkText("selectthistext1"));

You may also look at the answer: Need to find element in selenium by css and Writing cssselector expression for webDriver using attribute matching

edited May 23 '17 at 12:22

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answered Feb 05 '14 at 11:30

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Thank you.Meanwhile I also find: find(By.linkText(var)).containsText(var); – user3274919 Feb 05 '14 at 12:28

score -1 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 08 '14 at 07:28

Use the Following CSS Selectors

css=.ng-binding[href*='id_var1'] -- CSS Selector for Link Text selectthistext1

css=.ng-binding[href*='id_var2'] -- CSS Selector for Link Text selectthistext2

Please Let me know is the above CCS Selectors are working or Not.

score -1 · Answer 3 · answered Oct 04 '17 at 17:11

You can locate the button with any of the following CSS selector approach

By Class

Syntax: tag.Classname

By.cssSelector("button.btn addWidgButt bt-block");

By Attribute and Value

Syntax: [attribute='value']

By.cssSelector("button[context='UNIQUE_THING']")

How can I select a link text using a css selector?

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