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coure2011
coure2011

Reputation: 42474

org.openqa.selenium.InvalidElementStateException: invalid element state: SyntaxError

Here is my code

driver.findElements(By.cssSelector(".main-menu a:contains(\"Access Menu\")")).size()

is throwing exception

org.openqa.selenium.InvalidElementStateException: invalid element state: SyntaxError: DOM Exception 12

Same css value is working in jquery i.e. $(".main-menu a:contains(\"Access Menu\")").size()

Upvotes: 0

Views: 3620

Answers (1)

e1che
e1che

Reputation: 1251

Is it possible to have your html of your <a> ?

Because the DOM Exception 12 is generally a trouble with your html syntax. Maybe the jQuery don't care about but the WebDriver throws an exception.

Edit (after BoltClock intervention):

There is another solution instead of using the CssSelector, the xpath !

"//*[@class='.main-menu']/a[contains(text(),'Access Menu')]"

Tell me what's up.

Upvotes: 1

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