Webdriver: click on button with changing id

[HJL]

Hi Dan,

I don't know if the question is ok here: 

<button onclick="apex.submit({request:'START',validate:true});" class="t-Button t-Button--red " type="button" id="B4231223432461794"><span class="t-Button-label">Starten</span></button>

How can I click this button?

[SmOke_N]

 

[Danp2]

You need to find an xpath that doesn't rely on the id. Something like this could work --

//button[contains(text(), 'Starten')]

You can also use an selector that finds an ancestor first and uses the ancestor to locate the ultimate target.

[SOLVE-SMART]

Hi @HJL,

the answer of Dan is "almost" correct (sorry @Danp2). I strongly believe you have to go one level deeper, into the span tag.

//button/span[contains(text(), 'Starten')]

In case the click still does not work, you should go back to the "parent" by this:

//button/span[contains(text(), 'Starten')]/parent::*

So you ensures you're find the correct element (by text) and do the click on the parent (button) which can receive the click event.

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For the future, in case you have similar questions:
Please provide a wider snippet of the DOM structure where your target element lives.
Then it would be simpler for us to show what is ment by the xpath-axis ancestor 🤝 for example.

Best regards
Sven

Edited March 12 by SOLVE-SMART

[Danp2]

Hey Sven,

You may be correct as I only skimmed the post and missed the span inside the button element. However, don't count my solution out just yet as it may work as-is. 😉

Dan