Locate an HTML element inside of the <iframe> by using Xpath (selenium c#)

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I am trying to find this element by partial class, the HTML code is as following :

<a class="follow-button profile" href="https://twitter.com/123" 
role="button" data-scribe="component:followbutton" title="Follow 123 
on Twitter"><i class="ic-button-bird"></i>Follow</a>

The method I used is as following:

var element = Driver.FindElement(By.XPath("//a[contains(@class, 'follow-button profile')]"));

Any ideas what might be the reason for not being able to locate the element?

When you say you cannot find it, what exactly is happening? Is there an exception being thrown? — Richard
– Richard, Commented Jul 30, 2015 at 14:59

Richard · Accepted Answer · 2015-07-30 18:53:01Z

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NoSuchElement exception generally has one of the following causes:

Your element is inside a <frame> or <iframe>. Examine your HTML for those.
- If this is the case, you can use SwitchTo().Frame()
- Frame() accepts 3 arguments
  - An IWebElement
    - IWebElement frameElement = driver.FindElement(By.Tag("frame"));
    - driver.SwitchTo().Frame(frameElement);
  - name of <frame name="MyFrame"> or <iframe>
    - driver.SwitchTo().Frame("MyFrame");
  - Index of the <frame> or <iframe>, starting from 0
    - SwitchTo().Frame(0)
- After you finish in the <frame> context, you will need to switch back to the correct context
  - driver.SwitchTo().DefaultContent();
Your element is loading on the page after Selenium thinks your page has finished loading
- If this is the case, you can use Wait to tell Selenium to pause until the element finishes loading on the page.

    public WebDriverWait wait = new WebDriverWait(driver, TimeSpan.FromSeconds(2));
    wait.Until(driver => driver.FindElement(ByLocator));

answered Jul 30, 2015 at 18:53

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silhouette hustler Over a year ago

Thank you , very well explained,

Amey · Accepted Answer · 2015-07-30 17:56:32Z

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There are multiple classes in the element that you are trying to locate. The correct way to use xpath in that case is as follows:

var element = Driver.FindElement(By.XPath("//a[contains(@class, 'follow-button ') and contains(@class, 'profile')]"));

You could also use css

var element = Driver.FindElement(By.CssSelector(".follow-button.profile"));

answered Jul 30, 2015 at 17:56

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Vishal Jagtap · Accepted Answer · 2015-07-30 18:10:14Z

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Might be class value is changing in your case at run time. You can try manually and check this.

answered Jul 30, 2015 at 18:10

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