How to click on button inside table using Selenium and Python

Question

I have a page that has a table with different rows. I need to click on a button that is on a specific row as this:

<tr  valign="top" >
<td>Need to click this row button</td>
<td  width="100px" >
<select  name="aaaamm1" >
<option  value="specific_value_1.php" >1</option>
<option  value="specific_value_2.php" >2</option>
<option  value="specific_value_3" >3</option>
</select>
   </td>
<td  width="60px" >
    
<input  type="button" onclick="javascript:function);" value="Ver">
</td>
</tr>

<tr  valign="top" >
<td  >Another row</td>
...

I can't identify this specific row and click on that button, I'm using selenium on python.

Trying to click on the button inside an specific row of a table.

Assuming that you have found the row that you are looking at, why not just `.find_element(By.TAG_NAME, 'input')` and then `click()`. Or is your problem finding the specific row that contains that button? — Andrew Ryan, Mar 14 '23 at 19:11
@AndrewRyan my problem is finding the specific row that contains that button — Francisco Urzúa del Real, Mar 14 '23 at 20:14
What is different about each row? Couldn't you just look for each of the rows and just index into the row that you want (or does the row change)? — Andrew Ryan, Mar 14 '23 at 20:30
Please provide enough code so others can better understand or reproduce the problem. — Сергей Кох, Mar 14 '23 at 22:48

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 14 '23 at 23:13

Given the HTML...

<tr  valign="top" >
    <td>Need to click this row button</td>
    <td  width="100px" >
        <select  name="aaaamm1" >
            <option  value="specific_value_1.php" >1</option>
            <option  value="specific_value_2.php" >2</option>
            <option  value="specific_value_3" >3</option>
        </select>
    </td>
    <td  width="60px" >
        <input  type="button" onclick="javascript:function);" value="Ver">
    </td>
</tr>

To identify and click on the element:

<td>Need to click this row button</td>

You can use either of the following locator strategies:

Using xpath, preceding-sibling and <select> tag:

driver.find_element(By.XPATH, "//td[.//select[@name='aaaamm1']]//preceding-sibling::td[1]").click()

Using xpath, preceding-sibling and <input> tag:

driver.find_element(By.XPATH, "//td[.//input[@value='Ver']]//preceding-sibling::td[2]").click()

How to click on button inside table using Selenium and Python

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