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hhrzc
hhrzc

Reputation: 2050

InvalidSelectorException: invalid selector: Compound class names not permitted

I try to click on the select menu and to choose the element:

<div id="_desktop_currency_selector">
    <div class="currency-selector dropdown js-dropdown">
        <span>Currency:</span>
        <span class="expand-more _gray-darker hidden-sm-down" data-toggle="dropdown" aria-expanded="false">UAH ₴</span>
        <a data-target="#" data-toggle="dropdown" aria-haspopup="true" aria-expanded="false" class="hidden-sm-down">
            <i class="material-icons expand-more"></i>
        </a>
        <ul class="dropdown-menu hidden-sm-down" aria-labelledby="dLabel" style="display: none;">
            <li>
                <a title="EUR" rel="nofollow" href="http://prestashop-automation.qatestlab.com.ua/ru/?SubmitCurrency=1&amp;id_currency=2" class="dropdown-item">EUR €</a>
            </li>
            <li class="current">
                <a title="UAH" rel="nofollow" href="http://prestashop-automation.qatestlab.com.ua/ru/?SubmitCurrency=1&amp;id_currency=1" class="dropdown-item">UAH ₴</a>
            </li>
            <li>
                <a title="USD" rel="nofollow" href="http://prestashop-automation.qatestlab.com.ua/ru/?SubmitCurrency=1&amp;id_currency=3" class="dropdown-item">USD $</a>
            </li>
        </ul>
        <select class="link hidden-md-up">
            <option value="http://prestashop-automation.qatestlab.com.ua/ru/?SubmitCurrency=1&amp;id_currency=2">EUR €</option>
            <option value="http://prestashop-automation.qatestlab.com.ua/ru/?SubmitCurrency=1&amp;id_currency=1" selected="selected">UAH ₴</option>
            <option value="http://prestashop-automation.qatestlab.com.ua/ru/?SubmitCurrency=1&amp;id_currency=3">USD $</option>
        </select>
    </div>
</div>

My way:

WebElement element1 = driver.findElement(By.className("link hidden-md-up"));
Select dropList = new Select(element1);
//    debug sysout
dropList.getOptions().forEach(p -> System.out.println(p.getText()));

In result I get this exception:

org.openqa.selenium.InvalidSelectorException: invalid selector: Compound class names not permitted

How to correctly click on an element, using selenium?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 808

Answers (2)

Dev
Dev

Reputation: 2813

It will not work with select class because, its not pure drop-down, its un-ordered lists of currencies

you need to open drop down by clicking on it, do something like this

driver.driver.findElement(By.xpath(".//div[@class='currency-selector dropdown js-dropdown']/a[@data-toggle='dropdown']")).click();

with this drop down list will open, now get individual element from list using xpath- 

.//a[@title='USD']   or  .//a[@title='USD']/parent::li

Upvotes: 2

Amit
Amit

Reputation: 20456

The exception is due to the multiple classes used in the selector. Change your selector to use single class or a cssSelector. See example below. Check if these selectors return unique(required) element.

WebElement element1 = driver.findElement(By.className("hidden-md-up"));

OR 

WebElement element1 = driver.findElement(By.cssSelector(".link.hidden-md-up"));

Upvotes: 2

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