How to get Text from this HTML code By using Selenium WebDriver with Java

Question

HTML Code

<label for="ctl00_ContentPlaceHolder1_RadPanelBar1_i0_chkColumns_21">Royality Free</label>

Selenium Code

driver.findElement(By.id("ctl00_ContentPlaceHolder1_RadPanelBar1_i0_chkColumns_21")).getText();

The above selenium code is not working even i tried getAttribute(); its showing NullPointerException

Can you please post webpage url or complete HTML code snippet? — Sitam Jana
– Sitam Jana, Commented Mar 25, 2014 at 4:57
One option would be to use its its parent or ancestors to reach label — Amith
– Amith, Commented Mar 25, 2014 at 5:28

Abhijeet Vaikar · Accepted Answer · 2014-03-25 05:56:17Z

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You are trying to read text from the label but you are finding an element which has id ctl00_ContentPlaceHolder1_RadPanelBar1_i0_chkColumns_21 This is not the id of the label.

Your code should be:

WebElement labelElement = driver.findElement(By.cssSelector("label[for="ctl00_ContentPlaceHolder1_RadPanelBar1_i0_chkColumns_21"]"));
System.out.println(labelElement.getText());

This should work.

Moreover, the locator: ctl00_ContentPlaceHolder1_RadPanelBar1_i0_chkColumns_21 seems to be a randomly generated locator. Just confirm that it's not such a case. If it is then you will need to change your locating strategy.

edited Mar 25, 2014 at 5:56

answered Mar 25, 2014 at 5:34

Abhijeet Vaikar

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