How to click a Span element?-CodePudding

for some reason the following xpath will not click when i use the click command in selenium ide.The link iam trying to click is called devices. How can i get this to click?

xpath=//div[2]/section/nav/div[3]/div/div/span

Here is the full code:

<div title="Devices" class="asm-source-list-group-view">    <header role="heading" aria-hidden="true">Devices</header>    <div><div role="link" aria-selected="true" title="Devices" class="asm-source-list-item-view cw-being-hovered">    <span class="title" aria-hidden="true">Devices</span>    <span class="count cw-hidden" aria-hidden="true">0</span></div><div role="link" aria-selected="false" title="Assignment History" class="asm-source-list-item-view">    <span class="title" aria-hidden="true">Assignment History</span>    <span class="count cw-hidden" aria-hidden="true">0</span></div></div></div>

CodePudding user response：

If you are getting an error that this element is currently not visible or something, You have to implement WebDriverWait until the element is visible.

So try this

WebDriverWait wait = new WebDriverWait(driver, 10);
WebElement element = wait.until(ExpectedConditions.visibilityOfElementLocated(By.xpath("//div[@]/header/div[@]/span")));
element.click();

When you give an Xpath try to give proper class names as well.

Xpath = //div[@]/header/div[@]/span

CodePudding user response：

To click the element you can use the following XPath:

//div[@title="Devices"]//div[@title="Devices" and @]//span

CodePudding user response：

Assuming the text Devices is unique, you can use the Xpath as //span[contains(text(),'Devices'] and then use click on this. it should work with driver.findElement(By.Xpath("//span[contains(text(),'Devices']").click();

CodePudding user response：

Check the Xpath your given her if it's unique if it is and it still want click i suggest you try these 3 ways to click for me one of them always do the job:

    Using Actions Lib :

WebElement elemCN = driver.findElement(By.xpath("your path"));
        int widthCN = elemCN.getSize().getWidth();
        act.moveToElement(elemCN).moveByOffset((widthCN / 2) - 2, 0).click().perform();

Using JS :

JavascriptExecutor js = (JavascriptExecutor) driver;
WebElement SubmitPaiement = driver.findElement(By.xpath("your path"));
js.executeScript("arguments[0].click();", SubmitPaiement);

And finaly the normal .click()