how to click with selenium in python onclick without class, id or name

Question

I'm trying to find a way to click on "X" button but I cannot find the way to click on this button.

Element copy:

<div style="cursor: pointer; float:right; border-radius: 3px; background-color: red; font-size: 10px; color: white; height: 15px; width:15px; line-height: 15px;" onclick="fecharModal();">X</div>

Xpath:

//*[@id="meu_modal"]/div

Css Selector:

#meu_modal > div

Tried:

driver.find_element_by_css_selector("a[onclick*=fecharModal]").click();

Imports:

from selenium import webdriver from selenium.webdriver.common.keys import Keys from selenium.webdriver.support.ui import Select from selenium.webdriver.common.by import By from selenium.webdriver.support.ui import WebDriverWait from selenium.webdriver.support import expected_conditions as EC from selenium.common.exceptions import NoSuchElementException from selenium.webdriver.common.action_chains import ActionChains import timeenter code here

have you tried driver.find_element_by_xpath("//*[@id="meu_modal"]/div").click() — Huzaifa Farooq
– Huzaifa Farooq, Commented Sep 23, 2021 at 2:24
Hi @Huzaifa, yes, I had tried your suggestion and the error - "NoSuchElementException: Message: no such element: Unable to locate element: {"method":"xpath","selector":"//*[@id='meu_modal']/div"} (Session info: chrome=93.0.4577.82) — CaponeValue
– CaponeValue, Commented Sep 23, 2021 at 3:13
I also had tried. #tried1: WebDriverWait(driver, 20).until(EC.element_to_be_clickable((By.XPATH, "//div[@id='meu_modal']"))).click() #tried2: WebDriverWait(driver, 20).until(EC.element_to_be_clickable((By.XPATH, "//div[@name='x']"))).click() #tried3: WebDriverWait(driver, 10).until(EC.element_to_be_clickable((By.XPATH, "//a[@class='onclick']"))).click() — CaponeValue
– CaponeValue, Commented Sep 23, 2021 at 3:14
Does the Element get highlighted when you put that xpath in the DOM. If yes, check if the element is in an iframe. — pmadhu
– pmadhu, Commented Sep 23, 2021 at 3:48

cruisepandey · Accepted Answer · 2021-09-23 06:51:19Z

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This seems to be an angular bases application, mostly WebDriverWait should do the job, but still below solution illustarte all the ways in Selenium to click a web element. Code trial 2 is more preferable and best practices.

I will use this xpath

//div[@onclick='fecharModal();' and text()='X']

Code trial 1 :

time.sleep(5)
driver.find_element_by_xpath("//div[@onclick='fecharModal();' and text()='X']").click()

Code trial 2 :

WebDriverWait(driver, 20).until(EC.element_to_be_clickable((By.XPATH, "//div[@onclick='fecharModal();' and text()='X']"))).click()

Code trial 3 :

time.sleep(5)
button = driver.find_element_by_xpath("//div[@onclick='fecharModal();' and text()='X']")
driver.execute_script("arguments[0].click();", button)

Code trial 4 :

time.sleep(5)
button = driver.find_element_by_xpath("//div[@onclick='fecharModal();' and text()='X']")
ActionChains(driver).move_to_element(button).click().perform()

Imports :

from selenium.webdriver.support.ui import WebDriverWait
from selenium.webdriver.common.by import By
from selenium.webdriver.support import expected_conditions as EC
from selenium.webdriver.common.action_chains import ActionChains

PS : Please check in the dev tools (Google chrome) if we have unique entry in HTML DOM or not.

Steps to check:

Press F12 in Chrome -> go to element section -> do a CTRL + F -> then paste the xpath and see, if your desired element is getting highlighted with 1/1 matching node.

answered Sep 23, 2021 at 6:51

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CaponeValue Over a year ago

Hi @Cruisepandey, thank you for your time to slipt out this explanations. In fact still didn't work. Code1: NoSuchElementException Code2: "TimeoutException: Message: " Code3: NoSuchElementException Code4: NoSuchElementException I had followed the "Step to check" that you had mentioned about xpath and the result get highlighted 1/1. I think that is almost there. haha

cruisepandey Over a year ago

@user16792636 : I am pretty much sure either it is in iframe or not in selenium view port. Please check for iframe, and let me know if it is in iframe

enthusiasticCoder · Accepted Answer · 2021-09-23 03:49:44Z

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Presuming that the xpath you provided is accurate, I suggest you try this code possibly this might work for you.

yourEle = driver.find_element_by_xpath("//*[@id='meu_modal']/div")
driver.execute_script("arguments[0].click();", yourEle)

answered Sep 23, 2021 at 3:49

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enthusiasticCoder Over a year ago

And if needed add some wait or Thread sleep.

CaponeValue Over a year ago

Hi @enthusiasticCoder, I had tried your suggestion but unfortunately . didn't work. message error: "NoSuchElementException: Message: no such element: Unable to locate element:"

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