Syntax error Alternative of click() in Selenium

Alternative of click() in Selenium

There are several alternatives to the usage of click method in Selenium webdriver. We can use the JavaScript Executor to perform a click action. Selenium can execute JavaScript commands with the help of the executeScript method.

The parameters – arguments[0].click() and locator of the element on which the click is to be performed are passed to this method.

Syntax

WebElement n=driver.findElement(By.linkText("Refund"));
JavascriptExecutor j = (JavascriptExecutor) driver;
j.executeScript("arguments[0].click();", n);

Example

import org.openqa.selenium.By;
import org.openqa.selenium.WebDriver;
import org.openqa.selenium.WebElement;
import org.openqa.selenium.chrome.ChromeDriver;
import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
import org.openqa.selenium.JavascriptExecutor;
public class JsClickLink{
   public static void main(String[] args) {
      System.setProperty("webdriver.chrome.driver",
         "C:\Users\ghs6kor\Desktop\Java\chromedriver.exe");
      WebDriver driver = new ChromeDriver();
      //implicit wait
      driver.manage().timeouts().implicitlyWait(5, TimeUnit.SECONDS);
      //launch URL
      driver.get("https://www.tutorialspoint.com/index.htm");
      // identify element
      WebElement m = driver.findElement(By.xpath("//a[@title='TutorialsPoint - Home']"));
      // click with Javascript Executor
      JavascriptExecutor j = (JavascriptExecutor) driver;
      j.executeScript("arguments[0].click();", m);
      driver.quit();
   }
}

If we want to click the submit button within a form tag having the value of type attribute as submit, it can be done using the submit method.

Let us the html code of a button with type=submit within the form tag.

Example

import org.openqa.selenium.By;
import org.openqa.selenium.WebDriver;
import org.openqa.selenium.WebElement;
import org.openqa.selenium.firefox.FirefoxDriver;
import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
public class ClsNameStrategy{
   public static void main(String[] args) {
      System.setProperty("webdriver.gecko.driver",
         "C:\Users\ghs6kor\Desktop\Java\geckodriver.exe");
      WebDriver driver = new FirefoxDriver();
      //implicit wait
      driver.manage().timeouts().implicitlyWait(5, TimeUnit.SECONDS);
      //URL launch
      driver.get("https://www.linkedin.com/");
      // identify element
      WebElement l = driver.findElement(By.className("input__input"));
      l.sendKeys("test@gmail.com");
      WebElement x = driver.findElement(By.id("session_password"));

      x.sendKeys("1258147");
      WebElement m = driver.
      findElement(By.cssSelector("button[type='submit']"));
      //click button with type submit
      m.submit();
      driver.close();
   }
}
Updated on: 2021-04-06T11:58:14+05:30

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