Why selenium webdriver can't find element

Question

In screen you can see, that entered selector is only one.

Here is code, where I have entered the same selector, but getting error like this:

Element info: {Using=css selector, value=//*[contains(@class,'v-label v-label--active theme--light primary--text') and contains(text(),'Narystė')]}
Find element :By.cssSelector: //*[contains(@class,'v-label v-label--active theme--light primary--text') and contains(text(),'Narystė')]
Get Exception: invalid selector: An invalid or illegal selector was specified

Code trils:

private static final By naryste = By.cssSelector("//*[contains(@class,'v-label v-label--active theme--light primary--text') and contains(text(),'Narystė')]");
    @Step("Pasirenkame juridinio asmens organizaciją iš reikšmių sąrašo")
    public createOrganization selectMembership() {
        button.click(naryste);
        return this;
    }

undetected Selenium · Accepted Answer · 2021-11-08 16:15:47Z

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The locator you have used:

//*[contains(@class,'v-label v-label--active theme--light primary--text') and contains(text(),'Narystė')]

is essentially an xpath but not a css-selectors

You need to change:

By.cssSelector("//*[contains(@class,'v-label v-label--active theme--light primary--text') and contains(text(),'Narystė')]");

As:

By.xpath("//*[contains(@class,'v-label v-label--active theme--light primary--text') and contains(text(),'Narystė')]");

answered Nov 8, 2021 at 16:15

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2 Comments

Jetz Over a year ago

thank you for answer. But selenium can't find this xpath:

Find element :By.xpath: //*[contains(@class,'v-label v-label--active theme--light primary--text') and contains(text(),'Narystė')] Find element :By.xpath: //*[contains(@class,'v-label v-label--active theme--light primary--text') and contains(text(),'Narystė')]

undetected Selenium Over a year ago

@Jetz That should a different error and a different question all together. Feel free to raise a new question with your new requirement please.

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