Use driver.find_element("id","") can not find

Question

I want to click button

<p class="btn" id="LargeNextBtn" style=""><a href="javascript:fnNextStep('P');" id="LargeNextBtnLink" onfocus="this.blur();"><img src="//ticketimage.globalinterpark.com/ticketimage/Global/Play/onestop/G2001/btn_next_on.gif" id="LargeNextBtnImage" alt=""> </a></p>

but when I use find_element

driver.find_element("id", "LargeNextBtn").click()

can't find "LargeNextBtn"

selenium.common.exceptions.NoSuchElementException: Message: no such element: Unable to locate element: {"method":"css selector","selector":"[id="LargeNextBtn"]"}

I also try to into iframe but it also fail

WebDriverWait(driver, 9).until(EC.frame_to_be_available_and_switch_to_it((By.ID,"ifrmBookStep")))

Any help or pointers is appreciated, thank you!

Use implicit wait and check whether you can find the element. If it works, then it's waiting problem. — Rajagopalan, Feb 03 '23 at 17:23
i try add driver.implicitly_wait(5) before driver.find_element("id", "LargeNextBtn").click(). it's also fail. — booboo, Feb 03 '23 at 17:33
_Any help or pointers is appreciated_: Did you get a chance to check the [answer](https://stackoverflow.com/a/75339133/7429447) — undetected Selenium, Feb 03 '23 at 17:35

undetected Selenium · Answer 1 · 2023-02-03T17:33:37.107

To click on the element you can use either of the following locator strategies:

Using css_selector:

driver.find_element(By.CSS_SELECTOR, "p.btn#LargeNextBtn > a#LargeNextBtnLink > img#LargeNextBtnImage").click()

Using xpath:

driver.find_element(By.XPATH, "//p[@class='btn' and @id='LargeNextBtn']/a[@id='LargeNextBtnLink']/img[@id='LargeNextBtnImage']").click()

Ideally to click on the clickable element instead of presence_of_element_located() you need to induce WebDriverWait for the element_to_be_clickable() and you can use either of the following locator strategies:

Using CSS_SELECTOR:

WebDriverWait(driver, 20).until(EC.element_to_be_clickable((By.CSS_SELECTOR, "p.btn#LargeNextBtn > a#LargeNextBtnLink > img#LargeNextBtnImage"))).click()

Using XPATH:

WebDriverWait(driver, 20).until(EC.element_to_be_clickable((By.XPATH, "//p[@class='btn' and @id='LargeNextBtn']/a[@id='LargeNextBtnLink']/img[@id='LargeNextBtnImage']"))).click()

Note: You have to add the following imports :

from selenium.webdriver.support.ui import WebDriverWait
from selenium.webdriver.common.by import By
from selenium.webdriver.support import expected_conditions as EC

WebDriverWait(driver, 20).until(EC.element_to_be_clickable((By.XPATH, "//p[@class='btn' and @id='LargeNextBtn']/a[@id='LargeNextBtnLink']/img[@id='LargeNextBtnImage']"))).click() File "/Users/zhuwenping/anaconda3/lib/python3.8/site-packages/selenium/webdriver/support/wait.py", line 95, in until raise TimeoutException(message, screen, stacktrace) selenium.common.exceptions.TimeoutException: Message: — booboo, Feb 03 '23 at 17:38

KunduK · Answer 2 · 2023-02-03T18:10:16.550

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You need to identify the p tag.

You also need to change the style attribute to display : block use javascripts executor to change the style of the element.

Code:

pTag=WebDriverWait(driver, 10).until(EC.presence_of_element_located((By.ID,"LargeNextBtn")))
driver.execute_script("arguments[0].style.display = 'block';", pTag)
WebDriverWait(driver,10).until(EC.element_to_be_clickable((By.CSS_SELECTOR,"a#LargeNextBtnLink"))).click()

edited Feb 03 '23 at 18:10

answered Feb 03 '23 at 18:02

KunduK

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Isn't the `LargeNextBtn` element out of the scope of ``? – undetected Selenium Feb 03 '23 at 18:07
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@undetectedSelenium, Ah, yes you are right! I have updated, snapshot is always a challenge :-D – KunduK Feb 03 '23 at 18:09
thank you reply. and i tried .but i also failed on pTag=WebDriverWait(driver, 10).until(EC.presence_of_element_located((By.ID,"LargeNextBtn"))) – booboo Feb 03 '23 at 23:43
@booboo, Don’t switch to iframe.as element is not inside the iframe. Removed the line you have added for iframe and try my code again. Hope that works. – KunduK Feb 03 '23 at 23:46
i didn't add any switch element.it also can not work. – booboo Feb 03 '23 at 23:50
Well.is it possible to share the link? – KunduK Feb 03 '23 at 23:53
i want dut this it a little diffcult to share link. because this link it is need to login and after click a botton. – booboo Feb 03 '23 at 23:57
https://www.globalinterpark.com/detail/edetail?prdNo=23001060&dispNo=01003 select a date and click the buy ticket. will show the link – booboo Feb 03 '23 at 23:58

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Feb 06 '23 at 01:27

The element you want is not inside the IFRAME so you don't have to switch contexts. Instead of targeting the P tag, I would instead target the A itself since it has an ID.

WebDriverWait(driver, 10).until(EC.element_to_be_clickable((By.ID, "LargeNextBtnLink"))).click()

Use driver.find_element("id","") can not find

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