Selenium webdriver can't find my button

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This is my button link:

<a class="button" href="#" onclick="ajaxtoelement('include/system.php?mode=begin&amp;location='+getSelectedValue('location')+'&amp;terminallane='+getSelectedValue('terminallane')+'','keyboard')</a>"

And I have tried doing

driver.findElement(By.xpath("//a[@class='ajaxtoelement('include/system.php?mode=begin&amp;location='+getSelectedValue('location')+'&amp;terminallane='+getSelectedValue('terminallane')]"));

Why can't selenium still find the button I'm specifying?

ajaxtoelement('include/system.... is not the class of the element — Fran Montero
– Fran Montero, Commented Jul 31, 2015 at 6:11
Besides what Fran said, you've tried to nest single quotes within single quotes; XPath can't parse that. — LarsH
– LarsH, Commented Jul 31, 2015 at 7:34

Akash Thakare · Accepted Answer · 2015-07-31 06:13:50Z

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It should be accessed via onclick and not class one simple way is,

driver.findElement(By.xpath("//a[contains(@onclick, 'onClickValue')]");

answered Jul 31, 2015 at 6:13

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Vicky Over a year ago

Looks like you have missed to close ']'

Akash Thakare Over a year ago

@Vicky yes. fixed!! Thanks.

drkthng · Accepted Answer · 2015-07-31 07:50:47Z

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I don't know your HTML structure, but

How many buttons do you have?

If you only have one button you don't need xpath, use the simpler way:

driver.findElement(By.className("button"));

If there are several more buttons, but the button you described is the only one that contains for example the word "terminallane":

driver.findElement(By.xpath("//a[@class = 'button' and contains(@onclick, 'terminallane')]"));

answered Jul 31, 2015 at 7:50

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snigdha · Accepted Answer · 2015-07-31 07:08:08Z

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Try with the below xpath::

//a[@href='#']

else

//a[contains(@onclick, 'ajaxtoelement('include/system.php?mode=begin&amp;location='+getSelectedValue('location')+'&amp;terminallane='+getSelectedValue('terminallane')+'','keyboard')')]

answered Jul 31, 2015 at 7:08

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