How to locate this particular text that is present inside the div tag?

Question

I have the below list of div tags and I want to select the text 'Entry' from the 3rd div tag.

<DIV class=menuLink style="BORDER-TOP-COLOR: transparent; BACKGROUND: #dcdfec; WHITE-SPACE: nowrap; BORDER-LEFT-COLOR: transparent; BORDER-BOTTOM-COLOR: transparent; BORDER-RIGHT-COLOR: transparent">Start Call</DIV>


<DIV class=menuLink style="BORDER-TOP-COLOR: transparent; BACKGROUND: #dcdfec; WHITE-SPACE: nowrap; BORDER-LEFT-COLOR: transparent; BORDER-BOTTOM-COLOR: transparent; BORDER-RIGHT-COLOR: transparent">Web Pay SR</DIV>


<DIV class=menuLink style="BORDER-TOP-COLOR: transparent; BACKGROUND: #dcdfec; WHITE-SPACE: nowrap; BORDER-LEFT-COLOR: transparent; BORDER-BOTTOM-COLOR: transparent; BORDER-RIGHT-COLOR: transparent">Entry</DIV>


<DIV class=menuLink style="BORDER-TOP-COLOR: transparent; BACKGROUND: #dcdfec; WHITE-SPACE: nowrap; BORDER-LEFT-COLOR: transparent; BORDER-BOTTOM-COLOR: transparent; BORDER-RIGHT-COLOR: transparent">Exit</DIV>

I used

driver.findElement(By.linkText("Entry")).getText();

I get the below error:

Unable to find element with partial link text == Entry

Could some one please help me to sort this out. TIA!

What exactly do you mean by _...select the text..._? Do you want to click on the element? — undetected Selenium, Apr 25 '19 at 16:43

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Apr 25 '19 at 16:07

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Try use Webdriverwait and xpath to find dynamic element.

WebDriverWait wait = new WebDriverWait(driver, 30);
WebElement element = wait.until(ExpectedConditions.elementToBeClickable(By.xpath("//div[contains(.,'Entry')]")));
element.click()

OR

 WebDriverWait wait = new WebDriverWait(driver, 30);
WebElement element = wait.until(ExpectedConditions.elementToBeClickable(By.xpath("//div[@class='menuLink'][contains(.,'Entry')]")));
element.click()

Or you can use linkText instead of xpath.

answered Apr 25 '19 at 16:07

KunduK

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_Or you can use linkText instead of xpath_ ... **linkText** for a **`
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– undetected Selenium Apr 25 '19 at 16:51
No not at all with some implicit wait :) – KunduK Apr 25 '19 at 16:55

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 25 '19 at 16:50

As the element is a <DIV> element you can't use linkText or partialLinkText. Hence you see the error as:

Unable to find element with partial link text == Entry

To click() on the element with text as Entry you need to induce WebDriverWait for the elementToBeClickable and you can use either of the following Locator Strategies:

xpath:

new WebDriverWait(driver, 20).until(ExpectedConditions.elementToBeClickable(By.xpath("//div[@class='menuLink' and text()='Entry']"))).click();

How to locate this particular text that is present inside the div tag?

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