How to use getElementIndex using Selenium Java

Question

Can someone give a coding example of how to use this Selenium command?

getElementIndex()

More info: https://selenium.dev/selenium/docs/api/java/com/thoughtworks/selenium/webdriven/commands/GetElementIndex.html.

If it has been deprecated, how would I know?

In other words, this code below is throwing an error as though it has been deprecated:

driver().findElement(By.id("id_value")).getElementIndex();

Curious but what is the error that is being thrown? – CEH Jan 21 '20 at 16:04 — CEH, Jan 21 '20 at 16:04
cannot resolve method 'getElementIndex()' – JohnP2 Jan 21 '20 at 16:09 — JohnP2, Jan 21 '20 at 16:09

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Jan 21 '20 at 16:06

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To answer my own question: The above code is for the HTML Selenium recorder (in Selenese), and not for the Java version of Selenium. Someone else has already offered a java equivalent here: https://stackoverflow.com/a/31289125/1691651

answered Jan 21 '20 at 16:06

JohnP2

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score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 22 '20 at 08:18

GetElementIndex

GetElementIndex() class returns the index of an element. It is a part of com.thoughtworks.selenium package and the constructor is as follows:

GetElementIndex(ElementFinder finder, JavascriptLibrary js)

But Selenium's java client is based on org.openqa.selenium package.

Conclusion

There is no equivalent method of com.thoughtworks.selenium's GetElementIndex() in Selenium's Java client. However, you can always create your own customized methods.

How to use getElementIndex using Selenium Java

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GetElementIndex

Conclusion