how select element generated by script selenium webdriver

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I need to choose element APPLICATION from list on UI. html code of this element (in html I have 10 such elements)is:

<tr id="4676856" class="menuItem" orientation="vertical" collectionid="tr4" radioid="12">
<td id="ItemL" class="left" data-click="[["runScript",["switchApplication('myapp')"]]]" data-ctl="nav">
<div class="menuRB"/>
</td>
<td id="ItemM" class="middleBack" tabindex="0" data-click="[["runScript",["switchApplication('myapp')"]]]"     data-ctl="nav">**APPLICATION**</td>
<td id="ItemR" class="rightEdge" data-click="[["runScript",["switchApplication('myapp')"]]]" data-ctl="nav"/>

I have never worked with such script, how can I find such element using selenium webdriver?

I have tried

driver.findElement(By.xpath(".//*[@id='yui-gen0']/div[6]/table/tbody/tr[12]/td[1]")).click();

Your question is unclear.

plalx
– plalx

2013-11-04 16:16:41 +00:00
Commented Nov 4, 2013 at 16:16 — plalx
– plalx, Commented Nov 4, 2013 at 16:16
Post your question with clear code and example.

Kanagaraj M
– Kanagaraj M

2013-11-04 17:44:25 +00:00
Commented Nov 4, 2013 at 17:44 — Kanagaraj M
– Kanagaraj M, Commented Nov 4, 2013 at 17:44

Yi Zeng · Accepted Answer · 2013-11-04 22:03:52Z

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Please show HTML code that matches your XPaths (where is yui-gen0 and such?)

From the info you provided, few issues you might want to avoid:

Try avoid using div[6], tr[12], use meaningful things instead of index
Don't use yui-gen0 if it's auto-generated
Keep HTML ids unique, like id="ItemM". If they are unique, use them directly

I'd suggest try the following (we need you to show more HTML in order to avoid using div[6], tr[12]):

// find by text '**APPLICATION**'
driver.findElement(By.xpath(".//*[@id='yui-gen0']/div[6]/table/tbody/tr[12]/td[text()='**APPLICATION**']")).click();

// find by class name (if it's the only one)
driver.findElement(By.xpath(".//*[@id='yui-gen0']/div[6]/table/tbody/tr[12]/td[@class='middleBack']")).click();

// find by class name (if there are others)
driver.findElement(By.xpath(".//*[@id='yui-gen0']/div[6]/table/tbody/tr[12]/td[contains(@class, 'middleBack')]")).click();

// find by id, which should be unique, if it's not, your HTML is bad
driver.findElement(By.xpath(".//*[@id='ItemM']")).click();

answered Nov 4, 2013 at 22:03

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