How to locate the web element?

Question

<a class="top-menu-item float-start  p-2" href="/StudentPortal/Home/Login"> تسجيل دخول </a>

Im not able to locate the element mentioned above for automation purpose

I have tried the below xpath:

driver.findElement(By.xpath("/html/body/header/div[1]/div/a[3]"));

and

driver.findElement(By.xpath("/html/body/header/div[1]/div/a[3]"));

Please add the html of the element you are trying to find. – Sameer Arora Apr 01 '19 at 06:00 — Sameer Arora, Apr 01 '19 at 06:00

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Apr 01 '19 at 06:23

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You can try the following xpath -

driver.findElement(By.xpath("//a[contains(@href,'/StudentPortal/Home/Login')"))

answered Apr 01 '19 at 06:23

demouser123

You shouldn't need `contains()` since that's the only string in the `href`. – JeffC Apr 01 '19 at 20:12

undetected Selenium · Answer 2 · 2019-04-02T02:40:23.203

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To locate the element you can use either of the Locator Strategies:

partialLinkText:

WebElement element = driver.findElement(By.partialLinkText("تسجيل دخول"));

cssSelector:

WebElement element = driver.findElement(By.cssSelector("a.top-menu-item.float-start.p-2[href='/StudentPortal/Home/Login']"));

xpath:

WebElement element = driver.findElement(By.xpath("//a[@class='top-menu-item float-start  p-2' and @href='/StudentPortal/Home/Login']"));

edited Apr 02 '19 at 02:40

answered Apr 01 '19 at 06:23

Your first locator won't work because you are missing the padding spaces on either side of the text. The rest are just messy because you are including EVERYTHING in the element as a locator which just makes them more likely to be brittle. – JeffC Apr 01 '19 at 20:13

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Apr 02 '19 at 11:08

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You can use below locators:

Xpath CSS ID

answered Apr 02 '19 at 11:08

Nancy Bhardwaj

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