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Reputation: 33

How to click into text box without ID or name? Selenium Java

Here is the html box I am trying to click onto,

<div style="min-height: 100px;" class="fr-element fr-view" dir="ltr" 
    aria-disabled="false" spellcheck="true"
    contenteditable="true">
    <p><br></p>
</div>
Then trying to reply with this button

<button type="submit" class="button--primary button button--icon button--icon--reply">
    <span class="button-text">
        Post reply
    </span>
</button>

Here is what I have tried 

WebElement Post;
Post = driver.findElement(By.xpath("//input[contains(@class,'fr-element fr-view']"));
Post.click();
Post.sendKeys("okay");

driver.findElement(By.xpath("//button//span[text()='Post reply']")).click();

Upvotes: 1

Views: 1989

Answers (2)

Mr.Kim
Mr.Kim

Reputation: 176

You can use CSSSelector to click an element. Here is an example for c#

_driver.FindElement(By.CssSelector("a.ng2-smart-page-link.page-link.page-link-next"));

Another recommendation, you may try to use Katalon Recorder

See Details and Download at

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/katalon-recorder/ljdobmomdgdljniojadhoplhkpialdid

It is used for creating script based on your action while recording. So that you can search solution for selecting by ID, Class, or CSSSelector.

Upvotes: 1

cullzie
cullzie

Reputation: 2755

Your input element is a div and you were missing the closing round bracket on your contains expression.

The following should work:

Post = driver.findElement(By.xpath("//div[contains(@class,'fr-element fr-view')]"));

You should test out the xpaths in the browser console as a sanity check. In Chrome just right click and click Inspect (ctrl + shift + i). Then go over to Elements tab and search (ctrl + f) on the elements using your xpath/css selector.

Hope this helps!

Upvotes: 1

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