how to locate an element by value using css selector in webdriver?

Question

For the following element, how to find it by the value of the td using css selector? In this case it\'s \"unique text\"

Answer 1

You may use the CSS method to locate the element by its class name.

css=".someclass"

See more examples here.

Answer 2

We can create a XPath something like the below:

//td[contains(text(), 'unique text')]

Answer 3

You could use something like this,

With CSS Selector,

 By.cssSelector("td[class='someclass'][value='unique text']");

For more information on using css selector, See here

Answer 4

WebElement element = driver.findElement(By.cssSelector("input[value='value to be taken']")); //This line is to select Radio Button

element.click();

Answer 5

Using the following XPath always gives me expected result and performance. See my another answer here

//td[.='unique text'] 

Answer 6

You can locate the WebElement either using dynamic xpath or dynamic css

css-

WebElement css = driver.findElement(By.cssSelector("td#someclass"));

xpath-

WebElement xpath = driver.findElement(By.xpath("//td[text,'unique text']"));