There is HTML code like below:
<input type="button" name="" value="back" onclick="window.history.back(1)" class="back-btn">
I want to click on it based on its value (back):
elements = driver.find_elements_by_link_text('back')
for element in elements:
element.click()
But it does not work.
You can use css_selector
driver.find_element_by_css_selector('[value="back"]')
Or xpath
driver.find_element_by_xpath('//input[@value="back"]')
Look like you can select based on class name
elements=driver.find_elements_by_class_name("back-btn")
for element in elements:
element.click()
If you cant use class try selecting all input tags and filter by attribute
elements=driver.find_elements_by_tag_name("input")
for element in elements:
if element.get_attribute("value")=="back":
element.click()
Given the HTML:
<input type="button" name="" value="back" onclick="window.history.back(1)" class="back-btn">
Its an <input> element with the attribute value as back.
Using the value attribute to click on the element you can use either of the following locator strategies:
Using css_selector:
driver.find_element(By.CSS_SELECTOR, "input[value='back']").click()
Using xpath:
driver.find_element(By.XPATH, "//input[@value='back']").click()
Note: You have to add the following imports :
from selenium.webdriver.common.by import By
Ideally to click on the clickable element you need to induce WebDriverWait for the element_to_be_clickable() and you can use either of the following locator strategies:
Using CSS_SELECTOR:
WebDriverWait(driver, 20).until(EC.element_to_be_clickable((By.CSS_SELECTOR, "input[value='back']"))).click()
Using XPATH:
WebDriverWait(driver, 20).until(EC.element_to_be_clickable((By.XPATH, "//input[@value='back']"))).click()
Note: You have to add the following imports :
from selenium.webdriver.support.ui import WebDriverWait
from selenium.webdriver.common.by import By
from selenium.webdriver.support import expected_conditions as EC
This was easy for me
driver.find_element_by_link_text("back").click()
value attribute.