selenium-how to click on link which is nested inside div

Question

I have div and hyperlink like this:

<div id="food-add-actions" class="actions food_dialog fd_food_dialog_s-fndds2-f41210000">
  <div class="right">
     <a href="Javascript://" class="food-add-button add button"><span></span><span>Add to Food Log</span></a>
    <a href="Javascript://" class="edit button"><span></span><span>Edit</span></a>
  </div>
</div>

how can i click on this Edit hyperlink?

i tried below but it did not worked for me

driver.findElement(By.className("edit button")).click();

I think this question answers your question: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/16089492/selenium-webdriver-w-java-locating-elements-with-multiple-class-names-with-one — Stilltorik, Jun 10 '14 at 07:41

score 1 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 10:31

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The problem you actually have is that you have a space in your By.className.

There is a question with a similar problem here.

webdriver classname with space using java

You should be able to select it with a By.css selector, such as.

By.css('.right a.button')

edited May 23 '17 at 10:31

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answered Jun 10 '14 at 07:41

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