I'm developing Selenium tests in java, and i'm looking for a solution for my problem. I want to click on a zone ( coordinates ) of an element during the test. This click implicitly returns me the Xpath of the clicked element present in this zone, in order to compare this Xpath in a second time.
Why i want to compare this Xpath ?
I want to check if this Xpath is the one of the element supposed to be displayed on the screen. For example, when i change the css of my web page, a button can be hidden by a div or wathever. So i want my test to click on the zone of that button, get the Xpath of the element present in this zone, and check if it's the Xpath of my button !
I have already find solution to click on a specific coordinates, but it's always depending of the element.
I have also already developed this solution in Javascript using this :
if (driver instanceof JavascriptExecutor) {
((JavascriptExecutor)driver).executeScript("MY SCRIPT");
} else {
throw new IllegalStateException("This driver does not support JavaScript!");
}
I can integrate the script in my Java Selenium test but i can't find a way to get the returning Xpath value in a Java variable.
Thanks for helping guys !
============ SOLVED ================
I solved my problem. For those who having the same issue, here is my solution : In my Selenium Test in Java, I created a method that includes Javascript :
public void IsHiddenByOtherElement(WebDriver driver, String xpath, int CordX, int CordY) throws IOException
{
if (driver instanceof JavascriptExecutor)
{
String script = "setTimeout(function() "
+ "{jQuery(document.elementFromPoint("+CordX+", "+CordY+")).click();}, 0.1);"
+ "elementClicked = document.elementFromPoint("+CordX+", "+CordY+");"
+ "var value2 = "+xpath+";"
+ "var id = elementClicked.id;$( '#' + id ).click(function() "
+ "{ "
+ "var value=xpath(this); "
+ "if (value!=value2) throw new Error(value + ' : Element cache sous un autre : '+ value2);"
+ "});"
+ "function xpath(el) "
+ "{"
+ "if (typeof el == 'string') return document.evaluate(el, document, null, 0, null);"
+ "if (!el || el.nodeType != 1) return '';"
+ "if (el.id) return '//*[@id=' + el.id + ']';var sames = [].filter.call(el.parentNode.children, "
+ "function (x) { "
+ "return x.tagName == el.tagName });"
+ "return xpath(el.parentNode) + '/' + el.tagName.toLowerCase() + (sames.length > 1 ? '['+([].indexOf.call(sames, el)+1)+']' : '');"
+ "}";
((JavascriptExecutor) driver).executeScript(script);
}
else
{
throw new IllegalStateException("This driver does not support JavaScript!");
}
final List jsErrors = JavaScriptError.readErrors(driver);
assertTrue(jsErrors.toString(), jsErrors.isEmpty());
}
This method simulate the click in specific coordinates, recovers the Xpath of that element, and compare it to the Xpath of the element that is supposed to be displayed on screen. If the comparison isn't successful, it generate a JavaScript errors. This method is also configured to listen this JavaScript errors and to stop the test if one occurs, and returns it as any classic Selenium Java errors
The String script is the Javascript comparison test.
There is also :
final List jsErrors = JavaScriptError.readErrors(driver);
assertTrue(jsErrors.toString(), jsErrors.isEmpty());
This 2 lines are here to listen JavaScript errors and stop the running test if one happens.
To finish, you just need to had
FirefoxProfile ffProfile = new FirefoxProfile();
JavaScriptError.addExtension(ffProfile);
final WebDriver driver = new FirefoxDriver(ffProfile);
driver.get("file:///Users/Max/Downloads/elementfrompoint.html");
IsHidden(driver,"'//*[@id=test]'",50,50);
And here it is !
Thanks for help
