How to click on an element which contains text with seleniumbase?

Question

I have the following very short code where I expect to be able to click on a button which contains the text Click Me:

from seleniumbase import BaseCase

class MyTestClass(BaseCase):
    def test_basics(self):
        url = "https://seleniumbase.io/demo_page"
        self.open(url)
        self.click_partial_link("Click Me")

But it does not work. I get an error NoSuchElementException. Documentation is HERE.

So how to click on that button using SeleniumBase (https://seleniumbase.io/)?

looks like a library to me, I will see if I can learn and answer this question — cruisepandey, Aug 31 '21 at 09:23
Can you try out the below answer given by me and update me in case of any issues that you face ? — cruisepandey, Aug 31 '21 at 09:30
@cruisepandey Sorry, but I NEED to select on partial text only. So how to do that on this example page? — Alex, Aug 31 '21 at 09:51
I think you can't achieve this by `partial_link_text`, see selenium doc basic about `partial_link_text` https://selenium-python.readthedocs.io/locating-elements.html#locating-hyperlinks-by-link-text — frianH, Aug 31 '21 at 10:14

score 2 · Answer 1 · edited Jan 11 '22 at 15:57

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The selector you're looking for is 'button:contains("Click Me")':

self.click('button:contains("Click Me")')

There are more examples of the SeleniumBase :contains() selector here: https://github.com/seleniumbase/SeleniumBase/blob/master/examples/test_contains_selector.py

It's not a standard CSS Selector, as it's specific to SeleniumBase, jQuery, and a few other places, but not everywhere.

edited Jan 11 '22 at 15:57

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answered Jan 11 '22 at 15:27

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score -1 · Answer 2 · edited Aug 31 '21 at 09:37

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try xpath : //*[text()='your text']

edited Aug 31 '21 at 09:37

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answered Aug 31 '21 at 09:34

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Sorry, that does not work for me when I use `//*[text()='Click Me']`. I beleive it is because I am trying to select on a *partial* text. – Alex Aug 31 '21 at 09:50

How to click on an element which contains text with seleniumbase?

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