selenium selector - how to check checkboxes?

Question

I don't seem to be able to use click for checkboxes.
No error in the console, it shows the click but the checkbox isn't checked.
I have tried using both click and check but neither seem to check the checkbox. Using the database id (102) as suggested by the IDE recorder is not an option as the ID's change with each run.

I am trying: css=fieldset.choices ol li label input for my locator.

I also tried: //fieldset[@class='choices']//ol//li//label//input and again the console says clicked but the checkbox doesn't actually get checked in the browser.

I also tried: //input[@type='checkbox'] for the selector as it is the first checlbox on the screen but no luck with that, but no explicit error.

The HTML is:

<fieldset class="choices">
  <legend class="label">
    <label>
      Grades
    </label>
  </legend>
  <input id="school_grades_none" type="hidden" value="" name="school[grade_ids][]">
  </input>
  <ol class="choices-group">
    <li class="choice">
      <label for="school_grade_ids_102">
        <input id="school_grade_ids_102" type="checkbox" value="102" style="border: none" name="school[grade_ids][]">
        </input>
        PK3
      </label>
    </li>
    <li class="choice">
    ...
    </li>
    <li class="choice"></li>
    ...
    </li>
    <li class="choice"></li>
    ...
    </li>
    ...

Michael Durrant · Accepted Answer · 2013-05-25 16:12:56Z

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How about when you use id=school_grade_ids_102 as your locator, instead of the xpath or css.

UPDATE

How about you use contains like so

//input[contains(@id, 'school_grade_ids_')] # add [1] or [2], etc. at the end

edited May 25, 2013 at 16:12

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answered May 20, 2013 at 15:04

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Michael Durrant Over a year ago

Might be useful. I guess I would put a [1], [2], etc. after it to go after each checkbox?

Dherik · Accepted Answer · 2013-05-20 14:27:43Z

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setCheckboxValue(By.id("checkboxId"), true /* or false*/);

public void setCheckboxValue(By by, boolean checked) {
        WebElement e = getDriver().findElement(by);
        if(!e.isSelected() && checked) {
            e.click();
        }
    }

answered May 20, 2013 at 14:27

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Michael Durrant Over a year ago

Thanks but not using Java/C just using the IDE, where would I put this in the IDE?

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