How to identify the webelements(button,drop down etc) by using selenium webdriver

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How to identify webelement buttons by selenium webdriver executeScript method is undefined. Where to add this driver.executeScript("return $('body /deep/ <#selector>')") ?

Try this`((JavascriptExecutor) driver).executeScript("arguments[0].click();", element);`. You will have to change the locators accordingly in your automation code. — Harish, Jul 29 '16 at 09:09
ya i tried this. It works for button , but for dropdown how to use this element. I want to print dropdown list in console WebElement dropDown = driver.findElement(By.id("countTd")); dropDown.click(); driver.findElement(By.xpath("//td[@id='countTd']/span[text()='"']")).click.getOptions(); — arpita soni, Jul 29 '16 at 09:21
See this http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6430462/how-to-select-get-drop-down-option-in-selenium-2 — Siva, Jul 29 '16 at 09:34
@arpitasoni You don't have to use JavascriptExecutor for this. Also, you don't have to click the element as well. Try this code `Select selectElement = new Select(driver.findElement(By.Id("countTd"))); List options = selectElement.getOptions();`. You can iterate through the options list and print the values using for loop. — Harish, Jul 29 '16 at 11:35

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 29 '16 at 09:53

Try below code for retrieving all dropdown values

WebDriverWait wait = new WebDriverWait(d, 10);
    WebElement selectMonth = wait.until(ExpectedConditions.presenceOfElementLocated(By.xpath("//div[@title = 'Birthday']")));
    selectMonth.click();
    List<WebElement> allmonths = wait.until(ExpectedConditions.presenceOfAllElementsLocatedBy(By.cssSelector("span#BirthMonth > div.goog-menu.goog-menu-vertical")));
    for(WebElement month : allmonths) {
                System.out.println(month.getText());

Hope it will help

score 0 · Answer 2 · edited Jul 29 '16 at 11:07

We will get this type of Exception in below scenario.

If pages are not embedded in jQuery.
jQuery library is not loaded successfully.
Browser syn isssue.

First check pages is embedded in jQuery or not by executing below command on browser console

window.jQuery=='undefine' // Its for checking jQuery is present on page if yes then return true.

and

jQuery.active==0  // Its for  checking jquery is activated on page if yes then return true.

then try below code

String getArgument="0"; // take single element
//String getArgument="";// take list of matched element

((JavascriptExecutor) driver).executeScript("return $( #selector).get(" + getArgument + ");");

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Jul 29 '16 at 13:18

You can simply identify element by using getTagName() as below :-

WebElement element = driver.findElement(By.id("countTd"));

// To verify if element is button
if(element.getTagName().equals("button")) {
   element.click();
}

// To verify if element is dropdown
if(element.getTagName().equals("select")) {

  // Now pass it to Select class to work 
  Select selectElement = new Select(element); 

  // Now you can get all options
  List<WebElement> options = selectElement.getOptions();

  //Now you can print all options text
  for(WebElement option : options) {
      System.out.println(option.getText());
  }
}

Node :- There is no need to use JavascriptExecutor to perform click, it would be simply perform by calling .click() method.

Hope it helps..:)

How to identify the webelements(button,drop down etc) by using selenium webdriver

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