How do I find a button element with webdriver?

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How do I find a button element with webdriver?

I have the following code for a button:

<div class="buttons">
<button class="btn dialog-confirm btn-primary" style="margin-left: 4px;">Confirm</button>
<button class="btn dialog-cancel" style="margin-left: 4px;">Cancel</button>
</div>

There are two buttons: Confirm and the other is Cancel I can find a button with XPath, but I don't want to use XPath. Is there any other way to find the button element in this case?

I've tried this:

driver.findElement(By.className("btn dialog-confirm btn-primary")).click();

He didn't find the button Thank you for your help.

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java selenium selenium-webdriver

kirk douglas Dec 17. 14 at 16:14

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vote for alecxe, your attempt was wrong on two accounts, when matching multiple classes you have to use By.cssSelector

and when they are set to the same item you combine them with a dot like

driver.findElement(By.cssSelector(".btn.dialog-confirm.btn-primary")).click();

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Master Slave Dec 17. 14 at 16:40

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Added alecxe's answer and master slave. It would be more specific if the button text was clicked, which is also easier to understand. Find snippet for button click using xpath below.

driver.findElement(By.xpath("//button[text()='Confirm']")).click();
driver.findElement(By.xpath("//button[text()='Cancel']")).click();

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Harish ekambaram Sep 20 '16 at 12:30

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Other ways to use cssSelector:

Use the full ie attribute:

driver.findElement(By.cssSelector("button[class='btn dialog-confirm btn-primary']"))

Use the ie attribute part:

driver.findElement(By.cssSelector("button[class*='dialog-confirm']"))

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optimistic_creeper Sep 20 16 at 12:45

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alecxe · Accepted Answer · 2014-12-17T16:27:27+0000

Just check one class dialog-confirm

:

driver.findElement(By.className("dialog-confirm")).click();

Or use CSS Selector

:

driver.findElement(By.cssSelector("button.dialog-confirm")).click()

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