cannot choose a unique locator to click an element - selenium java krypton

Question

I need to have a unique locator since i cannot use text because it both have facility, I need to click this

here is my sample code right now but it does not click

findLink(By.xpath("//*[ng-click()='promptGroupDrawerCtrl.closeDrawer()']")).click

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Oct 22 '18 at 08:25

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There are two problems with the xpath:

ng-click is an attribute, not a method. Remove the round brackets.

Attribute name should start with @

findLink(By.xpath("//*[@ng-click='promptGroupDrawerCtrl.closeDrawer()']")).click();

answered Oct 22 '18 at 08:25

Guy

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 22 '18 at 08:49

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To click on the element with text as Facility you can use the following solution:

findLink(By.xpath("//a[@class='h4 panel-heading panel-back panel-title btn ng-binding' and contains(@ng-click,'closeDrawer')]")).click

Note: As the element is an Angular element you have to induce WebDriverWait for the desired element to be clickable

answered Oct 22 '18 at 08:49

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That locator is horrible. You have a massive string match... if any one of those classes changes or one is added or one is removed, the whole thing is broken. There's no need to use XPath here. It would be much better to use a CSS selector and avoid all this. – JeffC Oct 22 '18 at 18:38

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