Click on text using xpath and selenium python

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Normally I use the xpath to click on text of webpages. But now maybe because it's a table it doesnt work. I want to click on "SNOW Microsoft 2019-03-26.csv" text that is unique in the table. My code is:

browser.find_element_by_xpath("//table[@id='grdReports']/div[3]/table/tbody/tr[1]/td[3]").click()

Error: can't find the xpath

HTML looks like:

Infern0 · Accepted Answer · 2019-03-27 08:33:58Z

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Try the following xpath:

//table[@role='grid']//tbody/tr/td[text()='SNOW Microsoft 2019-03-26.csv']

Note: i am not sure if there is two spaces between Microsoft and 2019

answered Mar 27, 2019 at 8:33

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C. Peck · Accepted Answer · 2019-03-27 08:38:48Z

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I would just use

browser.find_element_by_xpath("//td[contains(text(),'SNOW Microsoft 2019-03-26')]").click()

answered Mar 27, 2019 at 8:38

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Sers · Accepted Answer · 2019-03-27 08:38:09Z

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Element with grdReports id is a div, not table:

browser.find_element_by_xpath("//div[@id='grdReports']/div[3]/table/tbody/tr[1]/td[3]").click()

Also you can try shorter xpath:

//*[@id='grdReports']//tr[@role='row']/td[3]

Css selector:

#grdReports tr[role=row] > td:nth-child(3)

edited Mar 27, 2019 at 8:38

answered Mar 27, 2019 at 8:32

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