Click a href button which has onclick javascript attribute

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I'm trying to click a href link like this below;

<span class="clearForm">
<a href="#" onclick="mojarra.jsfcljs(document.getElementById('form'),{'j_idt686':'j_idt686'},'');return false" class="btn btn-sm NSWbtn3">
Update</a>
</span>

I can catch the link with using css selector. But click function is not running because of onclick javascript call. How can I click on this link?

upd_button = self.browser.find_element_by_css_selector("a.btn.btn-sm.NSWbtn3")
upd_button.click()

CEH · Accepted Answer · 2019-09-30 18:29:37Z

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Interesting that the onclick() is not running. Let's try using a different selector type and see if that helps.

self.browser.find_element_by_xpath("//a[contains(text(), 'Update')]").click()

edited Sep 30, 2019 at 18:29

answered Sep 30, 2019 at 18:13

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Mehmet Over a year ago

Thanks @Christine. I tried this one but no luck : ( Another link is clicked with this way not mine. When I try arguments[1].click(); nothing happened.

CEH Over a year ago

Interesting. instead of find_element_by_css_selector, could you try find_element_by_xpath("//a[contains(text(), 'Update')]").click() ?

Mehmet Over a year ago

It worked! Could you post this one then I can check as an answer. Thank you very much. You are the man!

CEH Over a year ago

@Jack that's great news, happy to help. I've updated my answer with the proper solution.

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