Clicking On Javascript Tab Using Selenium And Python Without Unique Class Id Or Element Name

I have this HTML element code which I am currently struggling to figure out to use it for clicking on the tab that says Problem. As the 'Problem' doesnt have a unique classname or

Solution 1:

The element with text as Problem is a JavaScript enabled element so to click() on the element you have to induce WebDriverWait for the element to be clickable and you can use either of the following solutions:

• Using XPATH A:

  WebDriverWait(driver, 20).until(EC.element_to_be_clickable((By.XPATH, "//div[@class='TabsViewPort']//dl[@class='OuterOuterTab']//dd[@class='OuterTab']//a[@class='btn f1' and text()='Problem']"))).click()
  

• Using XPATH B (shortened):

  WebDriverWait(driver, 20).until(EC.element_to_be_clickable((By.XPATH, "//a[@class='btn f1' and text()='Problem']"))).click()
  

• Note : You have to add the following imports :

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

Solution 2:

If the element present inside an iframe then you need to switch to iframe first to access the element. You can Use following method to frame_to_be_available_and_switch_to_it()

By locator ID

WebDriverWait(driver,10).until(EC.frame_to_be_available_and_switch_to_it((By.ID,"id of the iframe")))

OR

By locator NAME

WebDriverWait(driver,10).until(EC.frame_to_be_available_and_switch_to_it((By.NAME,"name of the iframe")))

Once You have switched to iframe you can access the element using following xpath

To click on the element Induce WebDriverWait and element_to_be_clickable()

WebDriverWait(driver,10).until(EC.element_to_be_clickable((By.XPATH,"//span[@class='Tab']//a[text()='Problem']"))).click()

You need to import following to execute above code.

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

Hope this will help.

Solution 3:

please find below xpath to click on third TAB

(//span[@class="Tab"])[3]/a