Selenium - Java - Unable to click a link

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My problem mainly is that my code doesn't run, I tried for more than 2 hours. I have seen many posts also, but some are written in different computer languages (not in Java), so I am confused now.

Below is my code for just clicking a button. All I want to do is click a button and go to new page.

 WebDriver driver = new HtmlUnitDriver();
 driver.get("file:///C:/Users/Sanya/Desktop/New%20folder%20(2)/page%203%20alerts.htm");

 WebElement element = driver.findElement(By.partialLinkText("Alert"));
 element.click();

What is the source code of the button that you are trying to click on? — ltalhouarne
– ltalhouarne, Commented Feb 15, 2014 at 5:50
<li title="Alerts"><a href="/botnets/botnets" onclick="setTimeout(showLoading, 50);"><span>Alerts</span></a></li> — ToxicGlow
– ToxicGlow, Commented Feb 15, 2014 at 15:53

testing · Accepted Answer · 2014-03-18 05:06:43Z

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Try this it works fine for me:

WebElement menuHoverLink = driver.findElement(By.id("your_id"));
actions.moveToElement(menuHoverLink).perform();

answered Mar 18, 2014 at 5:06

testing

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Aayush · Accepted Answer · 2014-02-15 18:40:11Z

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You can try the below one...

Actions action = new Actions(driver);
action.click(driver.findElement(By.partialLinkText("Alert"))).build().perform();

It was worked for me :-)

answered Feb 15, 2014 at 18:40

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ToxicGlow Over a year ago

Hey! I have been getting "Obsolute method on stack" error. Would you have any idea what could be wrong?

ToxicGlow Over a year ago

I had used the same code you provided me. Ill update my question

ToxicGlow Over a year ago

I gave the information in the question, if you got ANY idea please help me out, I have tried over 6 hours now.

Aayush Over a year ago

Try with xpath //li[@title='Alerts']/a/span

t0mppa · Accepted Answer · 2014-02-15 08:05:41Z

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You can use XPath for instance to locate the element on your page:

By locator = By.xpath("//li[@title='Alerts']/a");
WebElement element = driver.findElement(locator);

Here is more information about how XPath works.

answered Feb 15, 2014 at 8:05

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