How to use Selenium to grab nested LinkText?

Question

I'm using Selenium in C# to click on a link called 'Store Locator'. My current code is as follows but does not click on the link:

IWebElement storeLink = driver.FindElement(By.LinkText("Store Locator"));

Here is the original HTML, notice there is a span element nested in the tag, not sure if this makes a difference.

<a href="/site/olspage.jsp?id=cat12090&amp;type=page&amp;rdct=n" data-lid="hdr_stl"><span class="header-icon-storeFinder" aria-hidden="true"></span>Store Locator</a>

Answer 1

Seems like the link is hidden. If even Selenium finds the link it will not be able to interact directly. In that case JavaScript is your only option

By xpath = By.XPath("//span[contains(text(),'Store Locator')]");
IWebelement element = driver.FindElement(xpath);
((IJavaScriptExecutor)driver).ExecuteScript(@"arguments[0].click();",element);

Answer 2

This will work for sure.

IWebElement storeLink = driver.FindElement(By.LinkText("Store Locator"));
storeLink.click();