Get ID from getAttribute of descendant tag by traversing then to td and then input tag to get its id

Question

I have tried many ways some of them works fine in chrompath extension but not in script tried this xpath as well

//table[@id = 'level3InnerTable_1']/tbody/tr[@id = 'Billable Client']/td[1]/input

I can't use input id because it's dynamic. I Want to get id of input tag by starting traversing from ID of <tr> i.e Billable Client

I am using selenium java Eclipse with Chrome

Answer 1

To get the value of id attribute induce WebDriverWait() and visibilityOfElementLocated() and following xpath options.

XPATH 1:

new WebDriverWait(driver, 10).until(ExpectedConditions.visibilityOfElementLocated(By.xpath("//td[contains(., 'Bilable to Client')]/preceding::input[1]"))).getAttribute("id");

OR

XPATH 2:

new WebDriverWait(driver, 10).until(ExpectedConditions.visibilityOfElementLocated(By.xpath("//td[contains(., 'Bilable to Client')]/preceding-sibling::td[1]/input"))).getAttribute("id");

OR

XPATH 3:

new WebDriverWait(driver, 10).until(ExpectedConditions.visibilityOfElementLocated(By.xpath("//table[@id='level3InnerTable_1']//tr[@id='Billable Client'][.//td[.//input]]]//input"))).getAttribute("id");

Note: If you get timeout exception from all them then check if there any iframe on the page.

Answer 2

To retrieve the value of the ID attribute of the <input> tag referencing the <tr> tag with ID value as Billable Client you have to induce WebDriverWait for the visibilityOfAllElementsLocatedBy() and you can use either of the following Locator Strategies:

• cssSelector:

  System.out.println(new WebDriverWait(driver, 20).until(ExpectedConditions.visibilityOfElementLocated(By.cssSelector("tr#Billable Client>td>input.selectedrow[name*='chk']"))).getAttribute("id"));
  

• xpath:

  System.out.println(new WebDriverWait(driver, 20).until(ExpectedConditions.visibilityOfElementLocated(By.xpath("//tr[@id='Billable Client']/td/input[@class='selectedrow' and contains(@name, 'chk')]"))).getAttribute("id"));