How to click this button using Selenium C#?

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 <div class="mdl-align"> == $0
    : :before
    <button class="fp-upload-btn btn-primary btn">Upload this file</button> == $0
    : :after
 </div>

The above codes are from a website, however I am unable to click this button despite trying multiple attempts. Im using selenium with C# to do an automation testing. What this button does, is to simply submit a form.

I'd recommend setting the id attribute on all components you want to manipulate using Selenium or any other UI Automation framework. Like @jainish kapadia said you can use XPath or CssSelectors like in jQuery but these rely on the layout, styling or even the language of the page. By setting the ID you don't have to worry about these variations provided the ids stay the same (the UI could be completely changed and it should still work.) Of course if you're crawling a page you don't own then XPath and CssSelectors are the best way I'm aware of. — Daniel Wardin
– Daniel Wardin, Commented Mar 17, 2017 at 8:53

Jainish Kapadia · Accepted Answer · 2017-03-17 08:22:58Z

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Try to use xpath locator to click on Upload this file button.

driver.FindElement(By.XPath("//button[contains(text(), 'Upload this file')]")).Click();

answered Mar 17, 2017 at 8:22

Jainish Kapadia

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4 Comments

nimaomao Over a year ago

Hi, just saw your comment, I've tried and it works, may i know how you actually understand it? I'm very new in this

Jainish Kapadia Over a year ago

Your button is contains text as Upload this file So, Start your xpath with button tag and then use` text` method for find the element.

Jainish Kapadia Over a year ago

Fore more details on xpath, refer this link, w3schools.com/xml/xpath_intro.asp

Prageeth Liyanage Over a year ago

@JainishKapadia can you please check this too.Thank u so much .stackoverflow.com/questions/77044226/…

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