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How can I click on this child node / descendant using C# Selenium?

TL;DR: The developer had bound the jQuery click listener to the parent div, not the child span that I had been trying to click.
I'm trying to click the delete button that is in the span tag.
HTML:
<div class="user j isotope-item" data-id="5362" style="position: absolute; left: 0px; top: 0px; transform: translate3d(0px, 0px, 0px);">
<div class="delete-x">
<span title="Delete">x</span>
</div>
<div class="name longText" title="Edit Location">
Jkogo Rqrqn
</div>
</div>
C#:
public void DeleteUser(IWebDriver webDriver, long userId)
{
var deleteButton =
webDriver.FindElement(
By.CssSelector($"#userlist-container > div[data-id='{userId}'] > div.delete-x > span"));
deleteButton.Click(webDriver);
}
I printed to Console and it looks right/is getting the id at least:
#userlist-container > div[data-id='5362'] > div.delete-x > span
I'm stumped on how to click on this child element! Any help appreciated.

Try this:
webDriver.FindElement(By.xpath($".//div[#data-id='{userId}']/div/span")).Click(webDriver);
but possibly delete action is calling not by span click. In this case nothing happens after the click and you need to find more correct element for this. Somethimes this is parent element, sometimes parent-of-parent.

Highlighting duplicate <ul></ul> menu navigation's

I am attempting to design a site for someone who wants both the Contact Us page in the bottom portion of the menu and above their logo in the top right corner.
As such here is the client code:
This is the top menu above the logo:
<ul class="topnavigation" style="width:1000px; border-bottom-style: none; height: 40px;">
<li class="highlight" style="width:100px; height: 40px; font-family:Calibri; float:right;">Contact Us</li>
<li style="width:100px; height:40px; font-family:Calibri; border-left:1px solid white; border-right:1px solid white; float:right;">Home</li>
</ul>
And this is the menu under the logo:
<ul class="navigation" style="width:1000px; height:40px; border-bottom:none;">
<li style="width:150px; font-family:Calibri; height: 40px; border-right:1px solid white;">About Us</li>
<li style="width:150px; font-family:Calibri; border-right:1px solid white; height: 40px;">Applications</li>
<li style="width:200px; font-family:Calibri; border-right:1px solid white; height: 40px;">Features and Benefits</li>
<li style="width:200px; font-family:Calibri; border-right:1px solid white; height: 40px;">Technical Specs</li>
<li style="width:150px; font-family:Calibri; border-right:1px solid white; height: 40px;">Contact</li>
<li style="width:145px; font-family:Calibri; border-right:none; height: 40px;">Recognition</li>
</ul>
To highlight which page the user selected I used some javascript (which I have been trying to learn lately) and CSS
JavaScript:
$(document).ready(function () {
var str = location.href.toLowerCase();
$('.topnavigation li a').each(function () {
if (str.indexOf(this.href.toLowerCase()) > -1) {
$("li.highlight").removeClass("highlight");
$(this).parent().addClass("highlight");
}
});
$('.navigation li a').each(function () {
if (str.indexOf(this.href.toLowerCase()) > -1) {
$("li.highlight").removeClass("highlight");
$(this).parent().addClass("highlight");
}
});
});
CSS:
ul.navigation
{
margin: 0px;
padding: 0px;
list-style: none;
background-color:#0071BB;
height:34px;
border-bottom:none;
}
ul.navigation li
{
float: left;
position: relative;
top: 0px;
left: 0px;
}
ul.navigation li a:last-child{}
ul.navigation a
{
color:white;
display: block;
padding: 8px 8px;
text-decoration: none;
}
/*background color of LI*/
ul.navigation li.highlight
{
background:Darkblue;
}
/*Text color for A*/
ul.navigation li.highlight a
{
color:white;
}
ul.navigation li:hover
{
color:white;
background-color:darkblue;
background: darkblue;
}
a, a:visited
{
color:#000;
}
ul.topnavigation
{
margin: 0px;
padding: 0px;
list-style: none;
background-color:#0071BB;
height:34px;
border-bottom:none;
}
ul.topnavigation li
{
float: left;
position: relative;
top: 0px;
left: 0px;
}
ul.topnavigation li a:last-child{}
ul.topnavigation a
{
color:white;
display: block;
padding: 8px 8px;
text-decoration: none;
}
/*background color of LI*/
ul.topnavigation li.highlight
{
background:Darkblue;
}
/*Text color for A*/
ul.topnavigation li.highlight a
{
color:white;
}
ul.topnavigation li:hover
{
color:white;
background-color:darkblue;
background: darkblue;
}
With this implementation if the user clicks on any page it highlights the page. But if they click on the Contact Us in the top corner is only highlights the Contact Us in the bottom menu and not the top menu. I found that strange and is a question in itself for me because I would expect it to highlight the top portion and not the bottom portion. (If anyone can answer that as well I would appreciate it - because I don't see how it is recognizing it).
So, how can I have both the top contact page navigation and bottom contact page navigation highlight at the same time. I am assuming that this will be done with java script and not on the C# code.
I have attempted to combine the two such as
$('.navigation li a' & '.topnavigation li a').each(function () {
but realized this probably wouldn't work because it is indexing. Although I am not sure. I attempted to set them as an "if equivalent" so if both href were the same then it would highlight them. Nothing I have done has worked (although amusingly I have gotten some odd results highlighting other navs).
So, any suggestions? Point me in the right direction? Something I am not seeing or how can this be done? Is this going to be needed to be done in C#? Can JavaScript do it?
Please let me know. This is the first question I have asked so I am frustrated on this.

You really don't need an each here, nor do you need to combine selectors unless you're doing something special based on their root class. You just need a way to match things up. Here is a demo - http://jsfiddle.net/jayblanchard/AEY5h/
EDIT: The original code still works (you need to remove e.preventDefault(); for your site)
$('li a').click(function(e) {
e.preventDefault(); // just for this demo
var thisHREF = $(this).attr('href'); // get the href of the clicked item
$('li').removeClass('highlight'); // remove all the classes
$('a[href="' + thisHREF + '"]').closest('li').addClass('highlight'); // add the class to the items that have the same href
});
To highlight the elements where your page matches up add the following (outside of the above block)-
var currentPage = location.pathname.substring(1);
$('a[href="' + currentPage + '"]').closest('li').addClass('highlight'); // adds highlight to current page element
In the fiddle I have replaced the location info with jsfiddle's info so that both Contact Us elements are highlighted - http://jsfiddle.net/jayblanchard/AEY5h/1/

You can combine jQuery selectors using a comma like this:
$('.navigation li a, .topnavigation li a').each(function () {
Notice that the comma is included inside the single quotes.

jQuery errors, Remove default .highlight class from list-items
In your .topnavigation menu, don't provide preselected .highlight classes.
You have a preselected item with class .highlight, which may be why it appears that your script is working to highlight the item in your .topnavigation menu, but not your .navigation menu.
Also, your jQuery has some errors and I recommend combining selectors since the .each() function is the same for both.
This corrected version should do the trick (if there are no preselected items with .highlight):
$(document).ready(function () {
var str = location.href.toLowerCase();
$('.topnavigation li a, .navigation li a').each(function () {
if (str.indexOf($(this).attr('href').toLowerCase()) > -1) {
$(this).parent().addClass("highlight");
}
});
});
Example JSFiddle: http://jsfiddle.net/gfullam/0rppzomt/

The correct way to combine multiple selectors into one with jQuery is not like this:
$('.navigation li a' & '.topnavigation li a')
but rather like this:
$('.navigation li a, .topnavigation li a')
Here's a link to more documentation on the multiple selector usage. Make that change in your javascript and you should properly be selecting all the elements you're trying to target.

hyperlink is dropped to new line

This is my aspx code,
<div class="ellipsis">
Body Text Body Text Body Text Body Text Body
Text Body Text Body Text Body Text Body !!!
</div>
<asp:HyperLink ID="HyperLink1" runat="server">
<span style="color: Maroon; font-style: italic; font-size: small;">
More..
</span>
</asp:HyperLink>
CSS
.ellipsis
{
width: 250px;
white-space: nowrap;
overflow: hidden;
text-overflow: ellipsis;
-o-text-overflow: ellipsis;
-ms-text-overflow: ellipsis;
-moz-binding: url('ellipsis.xml#ellipsis');
}
I want to show single line likes
Body Text Body Text ...More..
But the hyperlink HyperLink1 is dropped to new line . How can I fix it ?
This is Fiddle !

I would not recommend using floats for this. While it does do the trick, it changes the layout of the page and is unneccessary for such a small change. It would be just as easy to fix by changing the display type of the div to inline-block.
.ellipsis
{
display: inline-block;
...
}
Here is a fiddle: http://jsfiddle.net/JntkC/2/

Add a style:
float:left;
to both the div and the link

Adding the style to the div works. See the updated version of your fiddle http://jsfiddle.net/JntkC/1/
Add this line to the CSS
float: left;

How to show a div after postback on a button click?

Here i have a div in which i am showing it during the mouse hover in the master page and after mouse hover three href links will appear in that div .After clicking that href link it is traversing to another page,postback happens and that div is getting hidden in the master page.I need to show that div after that click also.I have used updatepanel and tried it but still it is not working.here is my code
//Div part
<asp:ScriptManager ID="ScriptManager1" runat="server">
</asp:ScriptManager>
<asp:UpdatePanel ID="Update" runat="server">
<ContentTemplate>
<div runat="server" class="divSUBMenu" id="describe" style="width: 700px; height: 20px;
font: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" onclick="show(0)">
</div>
</ContentTemplate>
</asp:UpdatePanel>
//Onhover part
<a href="#" onmouseover="showit(0)">
<img src="Images/Analyze_over.jpg" name="image1" width="84" height="22" border="0"
id="image1" alt="" /></a>
//Javascript for mousehover(working fine)
var submenu = new Array();
submenu[0] = ' <font style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><a style="color: #FFFFFF; text-decoration: none;" href="ATrendAnalysis.aspx">Trend Analysis</a> <a style="color: #FFFFFF; text-decoration: none;" href="AEventPerformance.aspx">Event Performance</a> <a style="color: #FFFFFF; text-decoration: none;" href="ACannibalization.aspx">Cannibalization</a> <a style="color: #FFFFFF; text-decoration: none;" href="AHaloEffect.aspx">Halo Effect</a> <a style="color: #FFFFFF; text-decoration: none;" href="AVolumeDecomposition.aspx">Volume Decomposition</a></font></span>';
var delay_hide = 500;
var menuobj = document.getElementById ? document.getElementById("describe") : document.all ? document.all.describe : document.layers ? document.dep1.document.dep2 : "";
function showit(which) {
clear_delayhide();
document.getElementById("describe").style.visibility = 'visible';
thecontent = (which == -1) ? "" : submenu[which];
if (document.getElementById || document.all) {
menuobj.innerHTML = thecontent;
}
else if (document.layers) {
menuobj.document.write(thecontent);
menuobj.document.close();
}
}
and finally the part below is not working during the onclick but this alert is working
function show(which) {
alert("test");
document.getElementById("describe").style.visibility = 'visible';
}
Any suggestion??
EDIT:
This is the href am clicking
<a style="color: #FFFFFF; text-decoration: none;" href="ATrendAnalysis.aspx">Trend Analysis</a>

You have to use ClientScriptManager
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/3hc29e2a.aspx
Example:
void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
if(checkDisplayCount.Checked)
{
String scriptText = "";
scriptText += "function DisplayCharCount(){";
scriptText += " spanCounter.innerText = " +
" document.forms[0].TextBox1.value.length";
scriptText += "}";
ClientScriptManager.RegisterClientScriptBlock(this.GetType(),
"CounterScript", scriptText, true);
TextBox1.Attributes.Add("onkeyup", "DisplayCharCount()");
LiteralControl spanLiteral = new
LiteralControl("<span id=\"spanCounter\"></span>");
PlaceHolder1.Controls.Add(spanLiteral);
}
}

Since the div is set to runat=server, you could control this on the server side - setting describe.IsVisible = false initially, and changing it to describe.IsVisible = true post-click.
If for whatever reason this must be done on the client, due to reliance on other scripts or something, then make sure you're looking for the control by using the correct identifier - it could be, depending on the version of ASP.NET you're using, that the control is prefixed with ctl00_x. In fact, even in newer versions of ASP.NET (above .NET 3.5), I think the UpdatePanel might explicitly alter the identifiers of its elements using a prefix so as to keep track of what it contains, don't quote me on that though. Check the rendered markup output on the page to check this.

'Please wait' screen between pages in C# ASP.NET. Best practice?

I have a gridview with some imagebuttons, each of which kicks off a report page for that item. The report take 10-15 seconds to run, so I'd like a popup 'Generating report, please wait' type thing. I can think of a few ways but would like the opinion of those more experienced than I. The options I was considering:
a) link my imagebutton to an intermediate page that says 'please wait', and then refer it onto the report page from there. Seems a bit clunky
b) Investigate using jquery or similar. I have telerik controls, they have a few things but it isn't clear if any are suitable.
c) Define some kind of CSS layer with a please wait warning on it, and make it visible as part of the button's onclick event
d) Look into jquery or similar
Any thoughts?
Thanks!

I use Div with transparency, and its pretty cool and simple. Give it a try.
<div id="ModalPopup" style="visibility: hidden;">
<div style="position: fixed; width: 100%; height: 100%; z-index: 10002; background-color: Gray;
filter: alpha(opacity=70); opacity: 0.7;">
</div>
<table style="position: fixed; width: 100%; height: 100%; z-index: 10003;">
<tr>
<td align="center" valign="middle">
<div style="color: Black; font-weight: bolder; background-color: White; padding: 15px;
width: 200px;">
<asp:Image ID="Image3" runat="server" ImageUrl="~/Images/progress.gif" />
Procesando....
</div>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</div>
To display the div, use this JavaScript:
document.getElementById('ModalPopup').style.visibility = 'visible';

I have the exact same problem before but I found the AJAX Server Control UpdateProgress very useful. Here's a link to UpdateProgress Control.

you can have an <iframe> on the page, of which its style is set to display:none. a button (which you will use to execute an action) will perform a javascript function that will set the style of the <iframe> to display:block on click.

please wait on page load in js can be used in any language give a try
in body place this code
<body>
<div id='loadingmsg' style='display: none;'></div>
<div id='loadingover' style='display: none;'></div>
</body>
in css
#loadingmsg {
width:100%;
height:100%;
position:fixed;
z-index:9999;
background:url("assets/img/loaders/load10.gif") no-repeat center center rgba(255,255,255,0);
}
#loadingover {
background: #23351f;
z-index: 99;
width: 100%;
height: 100%;
position: fixed;
top: 0;
left: 0;
-ms-filter: "progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.Alpha(Opacity=80)";
filter: alpha(opacity=80);
-moz-opacity: 0.8;
-khtml-opacity: 0.8;
opacity: 0.8;
}
js
<script>
document.onreadystatechange = function () {
var state = document.readyState
if (state == 'interactive') {
showLoading();
}
else if (state == 'complete') {
hideLoading();
}
}
function showLoading() {
document.getElementById('loadingmsg').style.display = 'block';
document.getElementById('loadingover').style.display = 'block';
}
function hideLoading() {
document.getElementById('loadingmsg').style.display = 'none';
document.getElementById('loadingover').style.display = 'none';
}
</script>