Select Element By Text in Selenium

Question

This may sound so simple but why there is no method to find element by its inner text without using xpath? for instance there is an element:

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Answer 1

It doesn't seem to be possible for every element, according to Selenium documentation. You can try to use

By.linkText("link text")

or

By.partialLinkText("partial link text")

But that works for anchor elements (<a>) only.

Answer 2

Try to use methods in XPath.

driver.findElement(By.xpath("//button[text()='Some Text']"));

Hope this will work!

Answer 3

There is a linkText method:

driver.findElement(By.linkText("Some Text"))

You also have partialLinkText:

driver.findElement(By.partialLinkText("Partial Text"))

For examples, see how-to-locate-element-by-link-text-and-partial-link-text-locator

Edit: As @Cajova_Houba mentioned that it works only for anchor elements <a>

Answer 4

I think this works in java.

        WebElement chosenElement;
        List<WebElement> elements = driver.findElements(By.tagName("button"));
        for(WebElement element:elements){
            if(element.getText().equals("Some Text")){
                chosenElement = element;
                break;
            }
        }