How to click a link with selenium Webdriver

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How to click a link with selenium Webdriver which have same names

driver.findElement(By.linkText("View All")).click();

There are some other Links also having same name like View All

You mentioned that you have multiple "View All" links ryt? are they present inside any table with different user names? — Sudharsan Selvaraj
– Sudharsan Selvaraj, Commented Aug 25, 2016 at 4:58
does the two widgets have different class names or any different properties? Please post the HTML code for both the widgets.This will help us to provide you some reliable solutions — Sudharsan Selvaraj
– Sudharsan Selvaraj, Commented Aug 25, 2016 at 5:02

Saurabh Gaur · Accepted Answer · 2016-08-25 05:22:30Z

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You should try to locate unique link with combinations of other attribute of this link such as class name and text by using xpath as below :-

WebDriverWait wait = new WebDriverWait(driver, 10);
WebElement link = wait.until(ExpectedConditions.presenceOfElementLocated(By.xpath(".//a[contains(@class, 'absence-viewall') and contains(text(), 'View All')]")));
link.click();

Or if this link has unique class name, best way to use By.cssSelector() as below :-

WebDriverWait wait = new WebDriverWait(driver, 10);
WebElement link = wait.until(ExpectedConditions.presenceOfElementLocated(By.cssSelector("a.absence-viewall")));
link.click();

answered Aug 25, 2016 at 5:22

Saurabh Gaur

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