how do i click this element using selenium?

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My end goal is to click a "download menu" button and in order to get to the button i need to click some optinons before hand. One of the options i am strugling with is this one:

this is what the html looks like when i do an inspect element on the option:

<li class=" "><a href="90" id="15">The Pub</a></li>

when i click on the option "The Pub" the list class becomes active and reveals a download menu button to a pdf which is what i want to click, like so:

<li class="active"><a href="90" id="15">The Pub</a></li>

this is what the selector looks like when i do a copy selector on chrome:

#\31 5

this is what the xpath looks like when i do a copy xpath on chrome:

//*[@id="15"]

i have tried the following and everytime webdriver can not find it:

browser.find_element_by_css_selector("#\31 5")

browser.find_element_by_css_selector(r"#\31 5")

browser.find_element_by_xpath("//*[@id=\"15\"]")

Please show more HTML code around the option, at least include the whole dropdown menu and its parent node — yong
– yong, Commented Jan 29, 2018 at 2:18
Is it possible to share URL of this web? I think it is not a simple controller. — Buaban
– Buaban, Commented Jan 29, 2018 at 2:43
At which stage are you exactly stuck to click <li class=" "><a href="90" id="15">The Pub</a></li> or <li class="active"><a href="90" id="15">The Pub</a></li> ? — undetected Selenium
– undetected Selenium, Commented Jan 29, 2018 at 8:54
Have you looked to see if there is an IFRAME surrounding these elements? Have you tried locating the element by link text "The Pub"? — JeffC
– JeffC, Commented Jan 29, 2018 at 19:06

oste-popp · Accepted Answer · 2018-01-28 21:29:13Z

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browser.find_element_by_id('15').click()

answered Jan 28, 2018 at 21:29

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user7502743 Over a year ago

unfortunately did not work, got this error:

WebDriverException: Message: unknown error: Element <a href="90" id="15">...</a> is not clickable at point (2058, 823). Other element would receive the click: <div class="restaurants-outter-wrap">...</div>

i think i may need to make the list class active?

oste-popp Over a year ago

can you try: browser.find_element_by_xpath('//a[@id="15"]/..').click()

oste-popp Over a year ago

if you need to manually change it: stackoverflow.com/questions/39434821/…

user7502743 Over a year ago

firstly thanks for helping, i tried the xpath duggestion but got errors, also tried it with backspacing the quotes and removing the .. but still got this error Message: element not visible. i also tried changing the class to active but the content didnt appear even though the class got set to active

oste-popp Over a year ago

whats the parent to the <li> tag?

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undetected Selenium · Accepted Answer · 2018-01-29 08:45:31Z

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By.XPath(".//a[contains(.,'The Pub') and count(a[contains(.,'The Pub')]) = 0]");

edited Jan 29, 2018 at 8:45

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