Selenium webdriver in c#-Unable click on hyperlink on frame

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I am doing automation using selenium Webdriver in c#.So in my application, after clicking on one link, there is frame opened on top of main browser window So i am able to read text on that frame, in short i can switch to that frame. Frame having many hyperlink, and i have to click on hyperlink named "Add/Change Admin Message". But i uses below code to click on link but it is scrolling down the frame in IE browser so click action is not performed.But its works fine in chrome browser.

Driver.FindElement(By.XPath("//a[contains(text(),'"+"Add/Change Admin Message"+"')]")).Click();

I have tried with xpath,cssselector,classname,Id,linktext,partial link text but no luck. Below is the DOM for that link, please help me .. Add/Change Admin Message

alecxe · Accepted Answer · 2015-06-23 14:16:00Z

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First, you need to switch to the frame where the link is:

Driver.SwitchTo().Frame("frame name or id");

Then, you can locate the link by partial link text:

Driver.FindElement(By.PartialLinkText("Add/Change Admin Message"));

With IE it is often something magical you should do, try clicking the link via javascript:

IWebElement link = Driver.FindElement(By.PartialLinkText("Add/Change Admin Message"));

IJavaScriptExecutor js = Driver as IJavaScriptExecutor;
js.ExecuteScript("arguments[0].click();", link);

answered Jun 23, 2015 at 14:16

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simond Over a year ago

Thank you very much ...got exact solution

simond Over a year ago

why we have used arguments[0] .....can we use arguments[2]...I mean i didn't get significance of arguments[0]...Could you explain in brief please

alecxe Over a year ago

@simond there could be multiple parameters passed into the ExecuteScript(), we are using arguments[0] since we are passing a single argument link.

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