Selenium won't check a checkbox, how do I reference the checkbox correctly?

Question

I am having trouble making my Selenium-Webdriver script check Susie's checkbox. I have tried using clicking and sending space keys, and also changing my xpaths. Could someone please help me find a way of specifying that I need Susie's checkbox, and also help me click it?

HTML on page

<tr class="dataRow">
    <td class="jtable-selecting-column">
         <input type="checkbox">
    </td>
    <td class=" FirstName ">Laura</td>
    <td class=" LastName ">Test</td>
    <td class=" SMSNumber ">4444444444</td>
    </tr>
<tr class="dataRow">
    <td class="jtable-selecting-column">
         <input type="checkbox">
    </td>
    <td class=" FirstName ">Susie</td>
    <td class=" LastName ">Test</td>
    <td class=" SMSNumber ">5555555555</td>

my code

WebDriverWait waitPlease = new WebDriverWait(webDriver, TimeSpan.FromSeconds(10));
IWebElement myDynamicElement = waitPlease.Until<IWebElement>(d => d.FindElement(By.ClassName(" FirstName ")));

clickButtonWithXPath("/html/body/div[3]/div[1]/div[2]/div[2]/div[2]/div[1]/div/table/tbody/tr[4]/td[1]/input");

Error

reads "System.InvalidOperationException:unknown error: Element is not clickable at point (192,464). Other element would receive the click: ...

Look at this: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/9604336/selenium-webdriver-select-element — Offir, Jun 28 '16 at 15:21
I am assuming this is a type, with no end tag. Anyway can you try clicking on the td by class name = "jtable-selecting-column"? — virusrocks, Jun 28 '16 at 15:42
Edit: I added the code I've been working with that has an explicit wait and then an xpath to the checkbox. — Laura Hawkins, Jun 28 '16 at 18:38
Update: It seems that the xpath technique probably works, but the scripts is not waiting long enough for the window that contains the checkbox to load. — Laura Hawkins, Jun 29 '16 at 16:15

Laura Hawkins · Answer 1 · 2016-07-06T12:42:39.730

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It turned out the the XPath was working just fine, but the script wasn't waiting long enough. Unfortunately, Thread.sleep(5000) is the only wait I've found that works effectively.

Edit: Thanks so much everyone! It turns out that using xpaths was a reliable way of referencing the checkbox, but Selenium needed to be instructed to wait before attempting to click it. The best way to do this is with explicit wait. I used the code on this documentation page under "expected conditions".

edited Jul 06 '16 at 12:42

answered Jun 29 '16 at 16:29

Laura Hawkins

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you need to set up a wait; `Thread.Sleep` is a bit of a hack (I know you have used a wait above, but that's the route you need to make work, not the hacky way ;) ) – The Bearded Llama Jun 29 '16 at 16:37
Thanks! Explicit wait does work much better, I just had to change how I was using it. – Laura Hawkins Jul 06 '16 at 12:34

Selenium won't check a checkbox, how do I reference the checkbox correctly?

HTML on page

my code

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