Selenium Python: Clicking on radio button that is not an input radio

Question

I seem to be having an issue with Selenium clicking on a radio button but from the looks of it, it's not an input radio button but an image to look like a radio button. Any idea how I would click on triggerControl2 which is the top button to turn on Use an external certificate.

Radio button

Elements

<tr>
  <th>Certificate options</th>
  <td>
    <table class="middleAlign">
      <tbody><tr>
      <td><img id="triggerControl2" name="SSLCertModeImg" value="normal" onclick="this.guiAction();" src="../../../img/radio_off_normal.png" checked="false"></td>
      <td>Use an external certificate</td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
      <td><img id="triggerControl4" name="SSLCertModeImg" value="auto" onclick="this.guiAction();" src="../../../img/radio_on_normal.png" checked="true"></td>
      <td>Use a self-signed certificate (For test use)</td>
      </tr>
    </tbody></table>
  </td>
</tr>

can you show what locators have you tried so far that didn't work for you? — Prophet
– Prophet, Commented May 19, 2021 at 20:39

Prophet · Accepted Answer · 2021-05-19 20:43:56Z

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I'm not sure, possibly need to debug this, but I guess the locator for the triggerControl2 button is img[id="triggerControl2"] css_selector.
Or if you prefer XPath //img[@id="triggerControl2"]

answered May 19, 2021 at 20:43

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KTaiga933 Over a year ago

I have tried a wildcard for both css_selector and xpath, it's driving me up the wall. driver.find_element_by_css_selector("[id*='triggerControl2']").click() driver.find_element_by_xpath("//*[contains(@id, 'triggerControl2')]").click()

Prophet Over a year ago

What this exactly means? I mean what error are you getting? Maybe your locators are not unique or you missing a delay / wait before that?

KTaiga933 Over a year ago

I just get the normal Unable to locate element on both on css_selectors and xpath, even with wildcards. Confusing the heck out of me.

Prophet Over a year ago

Do you have a sleep / delay /wait before that code line? Maybe it is inside iframe?

KTaiga933 Over a year ago

yes has a 2 sec delay before the code, you know what could be in an iframe, didn't think of that

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vitaliis · Accepted Answer · 2021-05-19 21:21:17Z

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Try this css selector:

tr:nth-of-type(1) img[id*="triggerControl"][name='SSLCertModeImg']

Id seems to be auto-generated, that's why I added *.

To click use:

btn = driver.find_element_by_css_selector("tr:nth-of-type(1) img[id*="triggerControl"][name='SSLCertModeImg']")
driver.execute_script("arguments[0].click();", btn)

Radio-buttons sometimes are hard to click with Selenium.

edited May 19, 2021 at 21:21

answered May 19, 2021 at 21:09

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KTaiga933 Over a year ago

This would be a nope driver.find_element_by_css_selector("img[id*='triggerControl']").click()

vitaliis Over a year ago

Updated the locator

KTaiga933 Over a year ago

still getting my usual Message: no such element: Unable to locate element, i even swapped the triggerControl to triggerControl12 and no go. driver.find_element_by_css_selector("tr:nth-of-type(1) img[id*='triggerControl'][name='SSLCertModeImg']").click()

KTaiga933 Over a year ago

I got it, was buried in a iframe i didn't notice. Thanks for your help

vitaliis Over a year ago

This is why it is recommended to post the whole related html in your question.

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