Select Element based on HTML Cell Contents with Selenium Java

Question

I have an HTML table with each cell containing a checkbox and a color name. HTML color table

I need to tick the checkbox of any given color. The checkbox itself has no good identifiers indicating what color it's selecting.

I tried:

WebElement color = driver.findElement(By.xpath("//*[text()='Violet']"));
color.click();

Obviously that doesn't work as it selects and sends a click to the text itself.

How can I select the checkbox that's inside the same <td> element?

Here's the HTML:

A snip from Chrome for readability

<td width="25%" valign="top" align="center"><nobr><input type="checkbox" name="489_1111111111" value="55069" onclick="unselectBoth(489)" checked="">Select color:</nobr><br>Dill Green


</td>

Can you post the html of the element in question. What you should be doing is clicking the checkbox which is located beside the text. — Arundeep Chohan
– Arundeep Chohan, Commented May 3, 2022 at 3:43
I added the HTML to the question. I don't have any good way to identify the checkbox, I don't think. It has a unique "value" that correlates to the color, but I'm not completely sure of that and I also have no control over it. Can I find the color name with an xpath contains() and then use preceding-sibling to get the checkbox? — Laserwolve
– Laserwolve, Commented May 3, 2022 at 4:07

Asmoun · Accepted Answer · 2022-05-03 05:15:58Z

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Try to select the checkbox using the following Xpath :

String myColor = "Dill Green";
driver.findElement(By.xpath(".//*[@id='myTableID']//td[contains(.,'"+myColor +"')]//input")).click();

answered May 3, 2022 at 5:15

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