How do I select pseudo-elements in python with Selenium?
Question:
These two elements have the exact same attributes except for the text in the pseudo-element. Is there anyway I can click on the "Practical" element. I’ve tried the following to no avail:
driver.find_element(By.XPATH, "//div[contains(text(),'Practical')]").click()
driver.find_element(By.XPATH, "//div[@class='v-tab']")[1].click()
Answers:
Pseudo elements are not elements. So, that ::before seems to be just a kind of text content of div element.
I can’t give you tested answer since you didn’t share a link to the page you are working on, but I can suggest.
I’d try this:
driver.find_element(By.XPATH, "//div[@class='v-tab'][contains(.,'Practical')]")].click()
In case v-tab class name and Practical text content are unique enough it should work. Otherwise you will need to find nore unique locator.
The approach mentioned in above answer worked for me.
These two elements have the exact same attributes except for the text in the pseudo-element. Is there anyway I can click on the "Practical" element. I’ve tried the following to no avail:
driver.find_element(By.XPATH, "//div[contains(text(),'Practical')]").click()
driver.find_element(By.XPATH, "//div[@class='v-tab']")[1].click()
Pseudo elements are not elements. So, that ::before seems to be just a kind of text content of div element.
I can’t give you tested answer since you didn’t share a link to the page you are working on, but I can suggest.
I’d try this:
driver.find_element(By.XPATH, "//div[@class='v-tab'][contains(.,'Practical')]")].click()
In case v-tab class name and Practical text content are unique enough it should work. Otherwise you will need to find nore unique locator.
The approach mentioned in above answer worked for me.