Xpath的FindElement不适用于“添加新”按钮

Question

<a class="add-new pull-right" href="javascript:void(0);">

    <span class="add-new-icon omedia-plus-circled"></span>

     Add New

</a>

The code is for "Add New" button which is present.

The xpath for the Add New button is :

/x:html/x:body/x:nav[2]/x:div/x:div[2]/x:div/x:a

I have tried this code:

wd.findElement(By.xpath("//a[contains(@href,\"javascript:void[0]\")]")).click();

but its not working. Can you please help me with this..

Answer 1

How about :

wd.findElement(By.xpath("//a[contains(@href,\"javascript:void(0)\")]")).click();
                                                             ^ ^
                                                             Notice the use of 
                                                             brackets

Answer 2

Why not go with classname?

wd.findElement(By.className("add-new")).click();

A thing you should be aware of in general is that xpath expressions are considered the worst way to identify your elements than the use of CSS selectors, especially if you are testing in IE as the xpath implementation there is not native and is very slow. I suggest reading over http://saucelabs.com/resources/selenium/css-selectors for a brief look at some examples and also maybe have aread of http://saucelabs.com/resources/selenium/selenium-xpath-marks-the-spot in order to see some of the negatives of using xpath.

Answer 3

You should separate 2 buttons by this innertext. Try

//a[contains(@class, 'add-new') and contains(., 'Add New')]

for "Add New" button. And:

//a[contains(@class, 'add-new') and contains(., 'Add New Campaign')]

for "Add New Campaign" button.