Selenium: FindsBy with collection

Question

I am a beginner in testing and have a question. How can I correctly use ReadOnlyCollection<IWebElement>if I use attribute FindsBy . My collection is always null after started test. Heres is my code in C#:

        [FindsBy(How = How.Name, Using = "role")]
        public ReadOnlyCollection<IWebElement> radPercentage { get; }

and here is testing web: http://testwisely.com/demo/survey

I want to do something like this: radPercentage[2].Click();

derloopkat · Accepted Answer · 2016-06-28T18:04:22.220

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You need to call InitElements before using the collection. Pass the driver and an instance of a class containing the FindsBy properties (in my code "this").

IWebDriver driver = new FirefoxDriver();
driver.Navigate().GoToUrl("http://testwisely.com/demo/survey");
PageFactory.InitElements(driver, this);
IWebElement radio = this.radPercentage[2];

The method InitElements is expecting the property to be of type IWebElement or IList of IWebElement

[FindsBy(How = How.Name, Using = "role")]
public IList<IWebElement> radPercentage;

edited Jun 28 '16 at 18:04

answered Jun 28 '16 at 17:08

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Once the page elements are initialized, can you refresh a particular element by using `PageFactory.InitElements(driver, radPercentage)'` ? – marwaha.ks Jun 29 '16 at 09:45
For refreshing the elements you not only need to call the method again but also visiting the page. Not sure if there's a shortcut for that. – derloopkat Jun 29 '16 at 10:26

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 28 '16 at 16:42

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Try this.

public void FindStuff()
{
    var stuff = driver.FindElements(By.Name("role"));
    stuff[2].Click();
}

answered Jun 28 '16 at 16:42

marwaha.ks

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Selenium: FindsBy with collection

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