Can not choose button with the same name (Windows)

Question

The problem

I have two buttons with the same name in Windows program. So I do: "self.driver.find_element_by_name("button name").click()" - it selects the first one, but I need the second one.

I tried to use Inspect.exe to find AutomationId, but in the case it doesn't show AutomationId. There are name, processId etc

So how to choose the second button? Thanks!

Environment

• Appium python client version: 0.46
• Desktop OS/version used to run Appium: Ubuntu 18.04
• Platform/version under test: Windows Server 2016
• Real device or emulator/simulator: VPS

Answer 1

Instead of running the click straight away you can iterate over the results and see if they are suitable before clicking them.

foreach (button in self.driver.find_elements_by_name("button_name"))
   if button.property == 'what i want'
       button.click()

You can add other constraints on the button by adjusting the if statements. Nothing inside the foreach will run if there are no matching buttons.

Answer 2

in xpath you can pass the index of the elements, for example if you want the first button to be selected give this

self.driver.find_element_by_xpath((//path to your button)[0]).click()"

if you want second one

self.driver.find_element_by_xpath((//path to your button)[1]).click()"

Please check whether index starting from 0 or 1 in your DOM