select a button using selenium

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how to select login button using selenium web driver

<li id="buttons" class="greetings_fmt">
    <a href="#">
       <div class="user_btn log_in_icon">LOG IN</div>
    </a>
    <a href="#">
       <div class="user_btn sign_up_icon">SIGN UP</div>
    </a>
</li>

tried with this code but not working

WebElement ele = driver.findElement(By.id("buttons"));
      List<WebElement> ele1 = ele.findElements(By.tagName("a"));
      for(WebElement e : ele1){         
         e.click()

      }

driver.findElement(By.xpath("//*[contains(text(),'LOG IN')]")).click(); — santhosh kumar
– santhosh kumar, Commented Jun 8, 2017 at 6:32

Monika · Accepted Answer · 2017-06-08 06:37:55Z

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It looks what you are trying to automate is incomplete.Login is not a button. It is a link. Clicking on this link will take you nowhere as href="#".

answered Jun 8, 2017 at 6:37

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Psl Over a year ago

when i tried am getting 'unknown error: Element <a href="#">...</a> is not clickable at point '

RNS · Accepted Answer · 2017-06-08 06:29:19Z

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You can use following xpath for user case:

Xpath=//*[contains(text(),'LOG IN')]

Hope it will work for you.

answered Jun 8, 2017 at 6:29

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