Selenium + Python: check attribute value

Question

I want to check the value of an attribute that is present in an element.

I have the following Python code:

validkey = False

# Was the key valid.
element = w.find_element_by_id('registerkey_form')

# Is the activation message is shown, meaning it was successful in activation.

if element.get_attribute('style'):

    validkey = True

The problem is the second last line. I want to check for:

style="display:block;"

not just the existence of style itself but the value as well.

Originally it is:

style="display:none;"

I want to check if it is "block".

Andersson · Accepted Answer · 2018-12-15 13:40:20Z

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If you want to check value of style attribute, try

if element.get_attribute('style') == 'display: block;':
    validkey = True

or better to do it as below:

if element.value_of_css_property('display') == 'block':
    validkey = True

answered Dec 15, 2018 at 13:40

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RvBVakama Over a year ago

Thank you, the 2nd suggestion worked nicely. It would have taken me a while to figure out that it was this sort of syntax ('display') == 'block'. Python is very different to C languages.

Andersson Over a year ago

@RvBVakama , yeah, each language has some specifics. AFAIK in JavaScript it's also would be ('display') == 'block'... but there is also ('display') === 'block' which really makes me scared :))

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