Webdriver Check if Checkbox is Set and Set it if Not

Question

I am learning Webdriver with JUnit by going through Alan Richardson's Selenium Simplified book and taking translating the exercises/tests from Selenium RC to Webdriver. So far, this has proven to be an excellent learning experience. But recently I have hit an issue, and cannot solve it despite extensive searching.

In Selenium RC there is a selenium.check command which will check a box if it is empty, or leave it if it is already checked. For example:

    selenium.check("//input[@name=’checkboxes[]’ and @value=’cb3’]");

If you go to the target website (http://compendiumdev.co.uk/selenium/basic_html_form.html) you will see there are three check boxes, one of which is checked. I have written some pseudo-code but just can't get into making it work. Here is the pseudo-code:

   isChecked = driver.findElement(By.xpath("//input[@type='checkbox']"));

   if (isChecked = false){
       check the box;
   }else}
       do nothing;
   }

I know the boolean "isSelected()" should feature, but I don't know where to go beyond that. All my research has returned partial solutions, but nothing that gets close enough for me to take a leap of faith at the solution.

Answer 1

In the Selenium Simplified course the secret to the selector is really the 'value' not the 'type' as the 'value' identifies the WebElement uniquely on that page, coupled with a type 'just in case'

    WebElement checkBox1;
    WebElement checkBox3;

    checkBox1 = driver.findElement(By.cssSelector("input[value='cb1']"));
    checkBox3 = driver.findElement(By.cssSelector("input[value='cb3']"));

    if(!checkBox1.isSelected()){
        checkBox1.click();
    }

    //checkBox3 is selected by default
    if(checkBox3.isSelected()){
        checkBox3.click();
    }

---

Or using findElements code

You could instead do

  List<WebElement> selectElements= driver.findElements(By.cssSelector("input[name='checkboxes[]']"));

    selectElements.get(0).click();

    if( selectElements.get(2).isSelected()){
        selectElements.get(2).click();
    }

Or iterate over them

for(WebElement checkbox : selectElements){
    // uncheck 'em all
    if(checkbox.isSelected()){
      checkbox.click();
    }
}

Hope that helps.

Answer 2

It is very Simple in C#

Example :

IWebElement chkBox = driver.FindElement(By.Id("some id "));
if (chkBox.Selected) {
  //perform actions 
} else {
  //perform actions
}

Answer 3

It should be as easy as:

IWebElement element = driver.findElement(By.xpath("//input[@type='checkbox']"));
if (!element.Selected)
{
    element.Click();
}