Selenium webdriver (c#) - Finding button based on attribute

Question

I\'m trying to get a handle on the button below based on the attribute gl-command. I\'m aware I can find the button using a Cssselector by locator

Answer 1

use xpath for based on the attribute "gl-command"

driver.FindElement(By.XPath(“//*[@gl-command='transaction']”)).Click();

Answer 2

Not sure if you are asking to find a button IF it has the gl-command attribute or if the value of gl-command is some specific value so I'll answer both ways.

Find buttons with gl-command attribute

driver.FindElements(By.Tag("button")).Where(x => !string.IsNullOrEmpty(x.GetAttribute("gl-command")).FirstOrDefault();

Can remove the FirstOrDefault() if you want all buttons with gl-command attribute.

Find buttons with specific gl-command value

driver.FindElements(By.Tag("button")).Where(x => !string.IsNullOrEmpty(x.GetAttribute("gl-command") && string.Compare(x.GetAttribute("gl-command"), "YOURGLCMD", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase) == 0));

My closing parens might be off because I typed all this out on my phone in bed, but that's the general gist and my gf is yelling at me to go to sleep.

Answer 3

If one of the class is unique you can use className

driver.FindElement(By.ClassName("google-componentbutton"));
// or
driver.FindElement(By.ClassName("glmdl-button"));
// etc

If none of them unique you can use combination of all of them or some of them

driver.FindElement(By.CssSelector(".google-componentbutton.glmdl-button.glmdl-js-button.glmdl-js-ripple-effect.google-image.gl-transaction-image"));
// or
driver.FindElement(By.CssSelector(".google-componentbutton.glmdl-button"));

Answer 4

XPath would be your safest bet.

IWebElement glButton = driver.findElement(By.xpath("//button[contains(@gl-command, 'transaction')]));

There's a similar question here: http://forum.testproject.io/index.php?topic=66.0

Answer 5

You can also create a custom selector with a method that returns your needed By selector for easy future use like this:

public static By SelectorByAttributeValue(string p_strAttributeName, string p_strAttributeValue)
{
    return (By.XPath(String.Format("//*[@{0} = '{1}']", 
                                   p_strAttributeName, 
                                   p_strAttributeValue)));
}

And use it like this:

driver.FindElement(Selectors.SelectorByAttributeValue("data-power","5"))