For similar example using Selenium v1, see [node:54].
/** * Selenium v2: Click on any html element in the webpage as long as you can use the locators to identify them. * Assume that you have Internet Explorer. * @Author: Xuan Ngo */ import org.openqa.selenium.ie.InternetExplorerDriver; import org.openqa.selenium.By; import org.openqa.selenium.WebDriver; import org.openqa.selenium.WebElement; public class ClickAnyElementExample { public static void main(String[] args) { // All actions will be applied to Internet Explorer WebDriver oWebDriver = new InternetExplorerDriver(); // Open the webpage. oWebDriver.get("https://openwritings.net/sites/default/files/selenium-test-pages/ClickAnyElementExample.html"); WebElement oClickElem = null; // Using name locator: Find and click on the Next link. oClickElem = oWebDriver.findElement(By.name("submit_button")); // Find Next link. oClickElem.click(); // Click on the element found(i.e. Next). pause(1000); // Pause so that you can see that Selenium had clicked. // Using ID locator: Find and click on the Next link. oClickElem = oWebDriver.findElement(By.id("unique-link-id")); // Find Next link. oClickElem.click(); // Click on the element found(i.e. Next). pause(1000); // Pause so that you can see that Selenium had clicked. // Using XPATH locator: Find and click on the Next link. oClickElem = oWebDriver.findElement(By.xpath("//li[contains(text(), 'using the xpath')]")); // Find Next link. oClickElem.click(); // Click on the element found(i.e. Next). pause(3000); // Pause so that you can see that Selenium had clicked. // Close the browser. oWebDriver.close(); } /** * Pause for X milliseconds. * @param iTimeInMillis */ public static void pause(final int iTimeInMillis) { try { Thread.sleep(iTimeInMillis); } catch(InterruptedException ex) { System.out.println(ex.getMessage()); } } }