Using CSS Selector to get row element

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This is my code

<tr>
    <td>
        <div>
            <span>Cloud Email Security</span>
            <input id="productLine_software-0" name="productLine_software" value="Cloud Email Security" type="hidden"/>
        </div>          
    </td>
    <td>
        <div>
            <span>Core</span>
            <input id="productCategory_software-0" name="productCategory_software" value="Core" type="hidden"/>
        </div>      
    </td>
    <td>
        <div>
            <span>Cloud Antispam</span>
            <input id="softwareName_software-0" name="softwareName_software" value="Cloud Antispam" type="hidden"/>
        </div>      
    </td>
    <td>
        <div>
            <div>
                <span>
                    <input id="select_boolean_software_1" type="checkbox" value="1" name="select_boolean_software"/>                        
                </span>
            </div>
        </div>      
    </td>
</tr>
<tr>
    <td>
        <div>
            <span>Cloud Email Security</span>
            <input name="productLine_software" value="Cloud Email Security" type="hidden"/>
        </div>          
    </td>
    <td>
        <div>
            <span>Core</span>
            <input id="productCategory_software-0" name="productCategory_software" value="Core" type="hidden"/>
        </div>          
    </td>
    <td>
        <div>
            <span>Cloud Email Security</span>
            <input name="softwareName_software" value="Cloud Email Security" type="hidden"/>
        </div>          
    </td>
    <td>
        <div>
            <div>
                <span>
                    <input id="select_boolean_software_1" type="checkbox" value="1" name="select_boolean_software"/>                        
                </span>
            </div>
        </div>      
    </td>
</tr>

I am using this CSS selector code in Selenium

css=tr:contains('Cloud Email Security & Content Control') input[type = 'checkbox']

It always select the first row instead of 2nd one. Any thoughts? (I deleted remainig tags becoz the code was really long)

You should never use such selectors, if there is a slight chance, that there is another way. — hugo der hungrige
– hugo der hungrige, Commented Nov 11, 2013 at 3:29
Can you not target this with any other selector? First child, last child, nth-child etc — davidpauljunior
– davidpauljunior, Commented Nov 11, 2013 at 3:34
I tried many other combinations, but none worked. I want to search for tr which has td with a specific value and specific name and then I need to click on input checkbox on the same tr. — Nitesh
– Nitesh, Commented Nov 11, 2013 at 3:37

AnnTea · Accepted Answer · 2013-11-14 20:32:03Z

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I did a few few attempts involving the tr tag, both using CSS and XPATH, but seems to me the tr is acting weird in the locator.

If you don't explicitly need to use the tr, and instead can go for the checkbox following your unique input, try this

xpath=//input[@name='softwareName_software' and @value='Cloud Email Security']/following::input[@type='checkbox']

answered Nov 14, 2013 at 20:32

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AnnTea Over a year ago

Glad to hear it helped :)

Nitesh Over a year ago

Any ideas why TR tag was not working as expected ? In theory, it should

AnnTea Over a year ago

Nah. When I figured the tr didn't work as I expected it to (theory) I just moved on to find an alternative solution. The table structure is a bit complicated; maybe the Selenium implementation can't handle all variants as expected, or maybe there is some additional rules we don't know about.

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