Selenium Checkbox Triggering an Event

Question

I have a method:

     public void clickCheckBox(int index) {
       List<WebElement> sizeList = getSizeList();
       WebElement checkbox = sizeList.get(index);
       Actions action = new Actions(driver);
       action.moveToElement(checkbox).click().build().perform();
 }

This method is taking the index of a list of checkboxes and then using Actions class to check the checkbox. I am doing it this way because the page I am currently working with triggers an event when this checkbox is checked so just doing a simple find the checkbox and click doesn't work (event doesn't fire).

My above code is not checking the checkbox and I'm not sure why. Any insight would be great. Please let me know if I didn't provide enough information.

EDIT:

Here is my method getting the size of the list:

     public List<WebElement> getSizeList(){
         List<WebElement> sizeList = body.findElement(By.cssSelector("ul")).findElements(By.cssSelector("li"));
         if(null==sizeList) {
           // oops, couldn't find the element
           LOGGER.error("Failed to locate the 'li' element for the action button");
           return Collections.emptyList();
         }
         return sizeList;
 }

Here is a bit of the HTML:

  <ul>          
  <li>
    <input type="checkbox">
    <a href="www.url.com" title="8">8</a>
<span class="count">(1,037)</span>
</li>


  <li>
    <input type="checkbox">
    <a href="www.url.com" title="10">10</a>
<span class="count">(1,047)</span>
</li> ...

Adding the HTML for the checklist, and the code that gets the checklist would help us to help you. One thing you can try is printing out the size of the list, to ensure it's greater than 0. — Richard
– Richard, Commented Feb 20, 2014 at 16:55

Santoshsarma · Accepted Answer · 2014-02-20 17:24:31Z

1

Your finding the element up to li but not input (Checkbox)

//get the checkboxes size with below command

List<WebElement> sizeList = body.findElements(By.cssSelector("ul>li>input"));

or

List<WebElement> sizeList = body.findElements(By.cssSelector("input[type='checkbox']"));

Now do your operations with above list.

for(WebElement eachChkBox : sizeList) {
     new Actions(driver).click(eachChkBox).perform(); 
}

answered Feb 20, 2014 at 17:24

Santoshsarma

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