Click checkbox in selenium

Question

I want to click this checkbox, I have tried almost all the XPATH but it's not working.

The following class is from the GOOGLE Forms > Include FORM in Email

<div id="c9" class="quantumWizTogglePapercheckboxEl appsMaterialWizTogglePapercheckboxCheckbox docssharedWizToggleLabeledControl freebirdThemedCheckbox freebirdMaterialWidgetsToggleLabeledCheckbox isCheckedNext" jscontroller="EcW08c" jsaction="keydown:I481le;dyRcpb:dyRcpb;click:cOuCgd; mousedown:UX7yZ; mouseup:lbsD7e; mouseenter:tfO1Yc; mouseleave:JywGue; focus:AHmuwe; blur:O22p3e; contextmenu:mg9Pef;touchstart:p6p2H; touchmove:FwuNnf; touchend:yfqBxc(preventMouseEvents=true|preventDefault=true); touchcancel:JMtRjd;" jsshadow="" jsname="gZKGbc" aria-label="Include form in email" tabindex="0" role="checkbox" aria-checked="false"><div class="quantumWizTogglePapercheckboxInk exportInk"></div><div class="quantumWizTogglePapercheckboxInnerBox exportInnerBox"></div><div class="quantumWizTogglePapercheckboxCheckMarkContainer"><div class="quantumWizTogglePapercheckboxCheckMark"><div class="quantumWizTogglePapercheckboxShort exportCheck"></div><div class="quantumWizTogglePapercheckboxLong exportCheck"></div></div></div></div>

There's another class which is similar to above but has a different checkbox.

<div id="c6" class="quantumWizTogglePapercheckboxEl appsMaterialWizTogglePapercheckboxCheckbox docssharedWizToggleLabeledControl freebirdThemedCheckbox freebirdMaterialWidgetsToggleLabeledCheckbox isCheckedNext" jscontroller="EcW08c" jsaction="keydown:I481le;dyRcpb:dyRcpb;click:cOuCgd; mousedown:UX7yZ; mouseup:lbsD7e; mouseenter:tfO1Yc; mouseleave:JywGue; focus:AHmuwe; blur:O22p3e; contextmenu:mg9Pef;touchstart:p6p2H; touchmove:FwuNnf; touchend:yfqBxc(preventMouseEvents=true|preventDefault=true); touchcancel:JMtRjd;" jsshadow="" jsname="JUdOvc" aria-label="Collect email addresses" tabindex="0" role="checkbox" aria-checked="false"><div class="quantumWizTogglePapercheckboxInk exportInk"></div><div class="quantumWizTogglePapercheckboxInnerBox exportInnerBox"></div><div class="quantumWizTogglePapercheckboxCheckMarkContainer"><div class="quantumWizTogglePapercheckboxCheckMark"><div class="quantumWizTogglePapercheckboxShort exportCheck"></div><div class="quantumWizTogglePapercheckboxLong exportCheck"></div></div></div></div>

I tried with the following:

search = driver.find_element_by_xpath("//*[contains(text(), 'appsMaterialWizTogglePapercheckboxCheckbox')]")

None of them works and generates the error:

NoSuchElementException: Message: no such element: Unable to locate element: {"method":"xpath","selector":"//*[contains(text(), 'appsMaterialWizTogglePapercheckboxCheckbox')]"}

With your xpath you are looking for text, but the text that you pass in is actually a class name. — Mitchell Olislagers
– Mitchell Olislagers, Commented Jan 27, 2021 at 12:14

JaSON · Accepted Answer · 2021-01-27 15:08:09Z

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'appsMaterialWizTogglePapercheckboxCheckbox' is not a text, but class name. Try

"//*[contains(@class, 'appsMaterialWizTogglePapercheckboxCheckbox')]"

Edit

Try to use aria-label attribute instead of class attribute to select correct checkbox:

"//*[@aria-label='Include form in email']"

edited Jan 27, 2021 at 15:08

answered Jan 27, 2021 at 12:18

JaSON

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Karan Over a year ago

It does works but selects another checkbox "Collect email addresses" not the particular.

JaSON Over a year ago

@Karan please update your question with HTML for both checkboxes so I can provide with unique selector

JaSON Over a year ago

@Karan try updated XPath. Checkboxes have different aria-label attributes, so you can use [@aria-label='Include form in email'] and [@aria-label='Collect email addresses'] to select required checkbox

Mitchell Olislagers · Accepted Answer · 2021-01-27 12:20:35Z

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You might want to try to search by id, as this is unique for an element.

"//*[@id='c9']"

answered Jan 27, 2021 at 12:20

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