Python Selenium How to click a button next to specific text?

Question

<div class = "Repo List">
    <div class = "Repo">
        <div class = "Text">
            <span class = "Display Text">Repo1</span>
        </div>
        <div class = "Button">
            <div class = "Click Button">Delete</div>
        </div>
    </div>

    <div class = "Repo">
        <div class = "Text">
            <span class = "Display Text">Repo2</span>
        </div>
        <div class = "Button">
            <div class = "Click Button">Delete</div>
        </div>
    </div>

    <div class = "Repo">
        <div class = "Text">
            <span class = "Display Text">Repo3</span>
        </div>
        <div class = "Button">
            <div class = "Click Button">Delete</div>
        </div>
    </div>
</div>

In the above code I want to click the Delete button, the problem is that every time a Repo is added, the class name of the repo, the class name of the display text, and the class name of the delete button is all the same for all the repos except for the repo display name.

All I want to do is click the delete button next to a specific repo name. I tried .//span[text() = "RepoName"] but this only detects the repo name and not the button next to it.

I am pretty new to selenium and I am confused on how to go about it.

Padraic Cunningham · Accepted Answer · 2016-03-23 18:55:47Z

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If you want the button div after a certain RepoX, find the span and get the following div with the Button class:

.xpath("//span[text()='Repo3']/following::div[@class='Button']")

If you did not know the class name but you know it is the next div:

 .xpath("//span[text()='Repo3']/following::div[1]")

answered Mar 23, 2016 at 18:55

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Priyanka Over a year ago

Worked perfectly when used './/span[text()="'+Name+'"]/following::div[@class="Button"]' for xpath.

Padraic Cunningham Over a year ago

No worries, you can use also str.format './/span[text()="{}"]/following::div[@class="Button"]'.format(s)

Florent B. · Accepted Answer · 2016-03-23 21:32:01Z

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To click the "Delete" button just after the "Repo1" text:

driver.find_element_by_xpath("//span[.='Repo1']/following::div[.='Delete'][1]").click()

answered Mar 23, 2016 at 21:32

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