How to find element by class name or xPath?

Question

I have problems with finding this element: I tried these finders:

IWebElement profilUploadPhoto = driverGC.FindElement(By.XPath("//button[contains(.,'submit')]"));

IWebElement profilUploadPhoto = driverGC.FindElement(By.XPath("//button[contains(.,'btn btn-success')]"));

IWebElement profilUploadPhoto = driverGC.FindElement(By.ClassName("btn btn-success"));

IWebElement profilUploadPhoto = driverGC.FindElement(By.ClassName("glyphicon glyphicon-upload"));

I am usually finding elements by CSS selector or ID, but in this case, I can not do this.

Answer 1

can you please try the options below:

By Xpath:

button[@type='submit']
button[@class='btn btn-success']
button[@type='submit'][@class='btn btn-success']

By css selector:

button[type='submit']
button[class='btn btn-success']
button[type='submit'][class='btn btn-success']

Any one expression above should locate this element, please tell me if it still does not work.

Answer 2

If the class name is unique in the page then you can use the class name.

Keep in mind that the class name might not select the selector you need if there are multiple elements with the same class.

As an alternative check if you have other unique attributes for which you have a method or use a css/Xpath selector.

If you don't have any other attributes i suggest trying css selector and if you have no luck then Xpath.

Answer 3

My approach would be something along the lines of:

WebElement yourElement
List<WebElement> Elements = driver.findElements(By.tagName("span"));
for(int Counter = 0; Counter < Elements.size(); Counter++){
     if(Elements.get(Counter).getAttribute("class").contains("glyphicon") &&
        Elements.get(Counter).getAttribute("aria-hidden").equals("true")){
          yourElement = Elements(Counter);
          break;
     }
}

It allows you to make sure that you've got the exact Element you need by adding statements to the boolean equation within the if argument. It might be overkill, but at the very least it's a safe approach.