Problem in accessing list (Google Apps) on google homepage with selenium

Question

Whenever I'm using this code:

driver.findElement(By.xpath("//*[@id='gbwa']/div[1]/a")).click();

its navigating to "products" page. but I want the dropdown list in the homepage itself to select youtube. I have also tried that process:

List<WebElement> li=driver.findElements(By.cssSelector(".gb_ia"));
WebElement r=driver.findElement(By.cssSelector("#gb36 > span.gb_3"));
for(WebElement option:li){
    if(option.equals(r)){
        option.click();
        break;
    }
}

Its also not working. Help plz...

Answer 1

That should do the trick:

driver.get("http://www.google.com");

WebElement apps = new WebDriverWait(driver, 3).until(ExpectedConditions.elementToBeClickable(By.id("gbwa")));
apps.click();

WebElement youtube = new WebDriverWait(driver, 3).until(ExpectedConditions.elementToBeClickable(By.xpath("//span[.='YouTube']")));
youtube.click();

Note that the wait statements can be crucial, as otherwise the tests may fail depending on page load times, network connection, or other reasons that are not within your control.

Answer 2

This should work even in firefox:

Actions action = new Actions(driver);
action.click(driver.findElementByXPath("//*[@id='gbwa']/div[1]/a")).build().perform();

Below will click the news links in apps menu.

driver.findElementByXPath("//div[@id='gbwa']/div[2]/ul[1]/li[6]/a").click();