Unable to find the element in selenium which is having on-click attribute

Question

I am trying to find an element using Selenium. I tried both using x-path and class name , but both ways failed to click on the element.

Specifically, I am trying to find the new account link element, which is basically an onclick attribute.

<a onclick="getDashboard().newAccount(event)" href="#" class="dashboard_menu_div_main">

Below the full code.

<div class="dashboard" style="">
    <div class="dashboard_context">
        <div class="dashboard_context_title">Welcome Muamalaty Portal</div>In relation to the provision of Services and supply of Products by Etisalat Website Customer of Etisalat Website shall observe and be bound by Etisalat Conditions applicable to each.
        </div>
        <div class="dashboard_Body dashboard-content">
            <div class="dashboard_menu_div dashboard-menu">
                <ul>
                    <li>
                        <a onclick="getDashboard().newAccount(event)" href="#" class="dashboard_menu_div_main">
                            <div class="dashboard_menu_number">01</div>
                            <div class="dashboard_menu_img">
                                <img src="/cim/resources/images/produts/dashboard/new-account.png">
                            </div>
                            <div class="dashboard_menu_menu_fonts">New Account</div>
                        </a>
                    </li>
                    <li>
                        <a onclick="getDashboard().standAlone(event,'714857547');" href="#" class="dashboard_menu_div_main">
                            <div class="dashboard_menu_number">05</div>
                            <div class="dashboard_menu_img">
                                <img src="/cim/resources/images/produts/dashboard/standalone.png">
                            </div>
                            <div class="dashboard_menu_menu_fonts">Standalone Devices</div>
                        </a>
                    </li>
                    <li>
                        <a onclick="new PendingOrders().init({evt:event});" href="#" class="dashboard_menu_div_main">
                            <div class="dashboard_menu_number">08</div>
                            <div class="dashboard_menu_img">
                                <img src="/cim/resources/images/produts/dashboard/pending-orders.png">
                            </div>
                            <div class="dashboard_menu_menu_fonts">Pending Orders</div>
                        </a>
                    </li>
                    <li>
                        <a onclick="getDashboard().newPreOrder(event)" href="#" class="dashboard_menu_div_main">
                            <div class="dashboard_menu_number">16</div>
                            <div class="dashboard_menu_img">
                                <img src="/cim/resources/images/produts/dashboard/new-preorder.png">
                            </div>
                            <div class="dashboard_menu_menu_fonts">New PreOrder</div>
                        </a>
                    </li>
                    <li>
                        <a onclick="new Miscellaneous().init({evt:event});" href="#" class="dashboard_menu_div_main">
                            <div class="dashboard_menu_number">22</div>
                            <div class="dashboard_menu_img">
                                <img src="/cim/resources/images/produts/dashboard/miscellaneous.png">
                            </div>
                            <div class="dashboard_menu_menu_fonts">Miscellaneous services</div>
                        </a>
                    </li>
                </ul>
            </div>
        </div>
    </div>
</div>

i tried below code since there is 7 iframe i tried to click on the location in all the frame and every time it is getting failed in all the frames.

for(int i=0;i<=s1;i++) {
    try {
        driver.switchTo().frame(i);
        driver.findElement(By.xpath("./div[@class=\"dashboard\"]/div[2]/div[@class=\"dashboard_menu_div dashboard-menu\"]/ul/li/a[@onclick=\"getDashboard().newAccount(event)\"]@onclick")).click();

    }
    catch(Exception e) {
        System.out.println("failed "+i+" time");
    }
}

Another paths I've tried are:

//driver.findElement(By.xpath(".//input[contains(@onclick,'getDashboard().newAccount(event)')]")).click();
//driver.findElement(By.cssSelector("//dashboard_menu_div > ul:nth-child(1) > li:nth-child(1) > a:nth-child(1)")).click();

Answer 1

1. for below xpath you tried, it should //a not .//input

    //driver.findElement(By.xpath(".//input[contains(@onclick,'getDashboard().newAccount(event)')]")).click(); \n

2. If above xpath , after changed still does not work, please add some debug code to make sure you switch into the correct iframe . After that you can remove the debug code. For debug code you can find the element which easy to be located in the same iframe , like the title: "Welcome Muamalaty Portal"

    try { driver.switchTo().frame(i); //debug code begin String title = driver.findElement(By.cssSelector("div.dashboard_context_title")) .getText(); System.out.println("Title: " + title); //debug code end // click New Accont Link driver.findElement(By.cssSelector("a[onclick*='newAccount']")).click(); } catch(Exception e) { System.out.println("failed "+i+" time"); } 

Answer 2

As per the HTML you provided, we need to construct an unique cssSelector or a xpath to identify and click on the WebElement as follows:

• xpath :

   driver.findElement(By.xpath("//div[@class='dashboard_menu_div dashboard-menu']//following::a[1]")).click(); 

• cssSelector :

   driver.findElement(By.cssSelector("div.dashboard_menu_div.dashboard-menu > a:nth-child(1)")).click(); 

Answer 3

After Switching to the correct iframe its working fine. Thanks for the support guys.

driver.switchTo().frame(6);
driver.findElement(By.xpath(".//*[@id='mainForm:productsList']/div[2]/div[3]/div[2]/div/ul/li[1]/a")).click();

or

driver.switchTo().frame(6); driver.findElement(By.cssSelector(".dashboard_menu_div_main")).click();

Answer 4

    List<WebElement> elements = driver.findElementsByTagName("a");
    for (WebElement el : elements) {
        if (el.getAttribute("onclick").contains("newAccount(event)")){
            el.click();
            //or do what you need
        }

Just try to run thru all elements and find the exact one by attribute value.

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