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I want to find the element of this link "us states" in <h5>. I am trying this in craigslist. Any help will be highly appreciated
Here is the url: http://auburn.craigslist.org/
<html class=""> <head> <body class="homepage w1024 list"> <script type="text/javascript"> <article id="pagecontainer"> <section class="body"> <table id="container" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" <tbody> <tr> <td id="leftbar"> <td id="center"> <td id="rightbar"> <ul class="menu collapsible"> <li class="expand s"> <li class="s"> <li class="s"> <h5 class="ban hot">us states</h5> <ul class="acitem" style="display: none;"> </li> <li class="s"> <li class="s"> 
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Type “css=input[type='submit']” (locator value) in Selenium IDE. Click on the Find Button. The “Sign in” button will be highlighted, verifying the locator value. Attribute: Used to create the CSS Selector.
What are CSS Selectors in Selenium? CSS Selectors are one of the locator strategies offered by Selenium to identify the web elements. The CSS Selectors mainly use the character sequence pattern, which identifies the web elements based on their HTML structure.
Only using class names is not sufficient in your case.
By.cssSelector(".ban") has 15 matching nodesBy.cssSelector(".hot") has 11 matching nodesBy.cssSelector(".ban.hot") has 5 matching nodesTherefore you need more restrictions to narrow it down. Option 1 and 2 below are available for css selector, 1 might be the one that suits your needs best.
Option 1: Using list items' index (CssSelector or XPath)
Limitations
Example:
driver.FindElement(By.CssSelector("#rightbar > .menu > li:nth-of-type(3) > h5")); driver.FindElement(By.XPath("//*[@id='rightbar']/ul/li[3]/h5")); Option 2: Using Selenium's FindElements, then index them. (CssSelector or XPath)
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Example:
// note that By.CssSelector(".ban.hot") and //*[contains(@class, 'ban hot')] are different, but doesn't matter in your case IList<IWebElement> hotBanners = driver.FindElements(By.CssSelector(".ban.hot")); IWebElement banUsStates = hotBanners[3]; Option 3: Using text (XPath only)
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Example:
driver.FindElement(By.XPath("//h5[contains(@class, 'ban hot') and text() = 'us states']")); Option 4: Index the grouped selector (XPath only)
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Example:
driver.FindElement(By.XPath("(//h5[contains(@class, 'ban hot')])[3]")); Option 5: Find the hidden list items link by href, then traverse back to h5 (XPath only)
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Example:
driver.FindElement(By.XPath(".//li[.//ul/li/a[contains(@href, 'geo.craigslist.org/iso/us/al')]]/h5")); If you love us? You can donate to us via Paypal or buy me a coffee so we can maintain and grow! Thank you!
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