Selenium assert has class

Question

I have an element with a known id. I want to assert or verify that it has a specific class.

The HTML of the element is:

<a id="SearchList" class="something-else disabled"></a>

I want to use the id "SearchList" to locate the element and then verify that it has the class "disabled".

EDITS:

• I am using the Selenium IDE a FireFox addon.

Answer 1

verifyElementPresent | css=a[id='SearchList'][class*='disabled'] | 

Answer 2

This doesn't help you for the IED, but in C# I can do this using the GetAttribute method.

var allClasses = webElement.GetAttribute("class");
var elementHasClass = allClasses.Split(' ').Any(c => string.Equals("classLookingFor", c, StringComparison.CurrentCultureIgnoreCase));

Answer 3

You could use getAttribute() method to get the attribute and verify that. I assume you use Java for your scripts.

WebElement list = driver.findElement(By.id("SearchList"));
String disabled = list.getAttribute("disabled");

if(disabled.equals("disabled")){
  // something
}else{
  // something else
}

Answer 4

Sorry for necroposting. I have some addition to what @Purus suggested.

As "disabled" is part of a class name class="something-else disabled" , list.getAttribute("disabled") will return null . My suggestion to do it in the following way (Selenium WebDriver Java client):

WebElement element= driver.findElement(By.id("SearchList"));
String elementClass= element.getAttribute("class");

if(elementClass != null && elementClass.contains("disabled")){
  // something
}else{
  // something else
}