Selenium java can not find the right element

Question

I want to find the element for a checkbox on the page:

this is the source code of the page:

<tr>
                        <td class="tablecell"  width="200" valign="top">Filter_list</td>
                        <td class="tablecell"  width="360">
                            <div id="div_filterlist">
                                <table border="0">
                                    <tr>
                                        <td class="tablecell"  width="160" valign="top"><b>Available Filters</b><br>
                                            <ul id="unselected_ilters" class="unselected_filter">

                                                <li itemID="test">
                                                    <input type="checkbox" value="test" onClick="toggleUnselected(this,'test')" onMouseOver="this.style.cursor='hand'"/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
                                                    <a href="#" onClick="document.filterform.name.value='test';document.filterform.submit();">test</a>
                                                </li>

My code is not working:

String xpathLocater = "//input[ @type=\"checkbox\" and @value=\" test\"]";

in which way your code is not working? any exception?

drets
– drets

2015-12-14 18:33:16 +00:00
Commented Dec 14, 2015 at 18:33 — drets
– drets, Commented Dec 14, 2015 at 18:33
are you able to edit the HTML of the page?

Swagin9
– Swagin9

2015-12-14 18:37:02 +00:00
Commented Dec 14, 2015 at 18:37 — Swagin9
– Swagin9, Commented Dec 14, 2015 at 18:37
I got "Unable to locate element:"

Peter
– Peter

2015-12-14 18:56:30 +00:00
Commented Dec 14, 2015 at 18:56 — Peter
– Peter, Commented Dec 14, 2015 at 18:56

drets · Accepted Answer · 2015-12-14 19:05:27Z

1

css selector:
String cssLocator = "input[type=checkbox]"; or
String cssLocator = "input[type=checkbox][value=test]";

xpath selector:
String xpathLocator = "//input[@type=\"checkbox\"]"; or
String xpathLocator = "//input[@type=\"checkbox\" and @value=\"test\"]";

If you still can't find the element check 2 things:

whether that element inside iframe: if yes - you need to switch to iframe first
add wait before finding an element (you could try to find element before it was added to DOM)

edited Dec 14, 2015 at 19:05

answered Dec 14, 2015 at 17:58

drets

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Peter Over a year ago

not working String xpathLocater = "//input[ @type=\"checkbox\" and @value=\" test\"]";

drets Over a year ago

it should. can you share the link to web page or give more html snippet?

Peter Over a year ago

Unable to locate element: {"method":"xpath","selector":"//input[@type=\"checkbox\" and @value=\"NewAlarm\"]"}

Peter Over a year ago

this sis the xpath link to the element: html/body/form[1]/table/tbody/tr/td/table/tbody/tr[6]/td[2]/div/table/tbody/tr/td[1]/ul/li[1]/input

Peter Over a year ago

two form in one page, <form name="alarmform" action="viewalarmdef.jsp" method="post">

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