locate element in selenium webdriver

Question

I'm using Selenium to navigate a webpage which has a link named "Edit", using WebDriver (just recently switched from RC to WebDriver). I want to click on the link but the testcase always fails with the error:

org.openqa.selenium.NoSuchElementException: Unable to locate element: {"method":"link text","selector":"Edit"}

When inspecting the element with Firebug I got the following HTML:

<a href="/00kn00000039X4j/e?retURL=%2F006n0000002BuKq" class="actionLink" title="Edit - Record 1 - Collaborator - Concurrent User License (Includes 1 year Maintenance)">Edit</a>

This is the Java which attempts to click the link:

driver.manage().timeouts().implicitlyWait(20, TimeUnit.SECONDS);
driver.findElement(By.linkText("Mail"));

I can see that the element is present on screen but still, the test case fails.

Does anyone know what I might be missing here or an alternative way to find the link element?

Please, provide html source of this link

German Petrov
– German Petrov

2014-09-15 09:38:47 +00:00
Commented Sep 15, 2014 at 9:38 — German Petrov
– German Petrov, Commented Sep 15, 2014 at 9:38
Provide sample html.

Andrey Egorov
– Andrey Egorov

2014-09-15 10:01:37 +00:00
Commented Sep 15, 2014 at 10:01 — Andrey Egorov
– Andrey Egorov, Commented Sep 15, 2014 at 10:01

Vignesh Paramasivam · Accepted Answer · 2014-09-15 09:30:45Z

1

The link text is Edit not Mail

driver.findElement(By.linkText("Edit"));

answered Sep 15, 2014 at 9:30

Vignesh Paramasivam

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