Click on href

[jloyzaga]

I have retrieved the actual href value for a link I want to click - its coming from a list

I know its there as I do the log to console and I get the href I am expecting yet when I ytr to link it does not likw trhe command

ValueError: Element locator with prefix 'href' is not supported

log to console  "gonna link "${LinkItems[${INDEX}]}

"gonna link "http://www.sit.edptest.info/edphome/home.aspx

\   click element   href=${LinkItems[${INDEX}]}

How can I click on that href???

python 2.7

Thanks

Joe

[Kevin O.]

Try:

Click Link    ${LinkItems[${INDEX}]}

For Click Link, the value of href is one of the key attributes so the page will be searched for an element with a matching href value.

http://robotframework.org/Selenium2Library/doc/Selenium2Library.html#Click%20Link

Kevin 

[Michał Robaszewski]

Element locator strategy not define href but link.

So you need change href to link

log to console  "gonna link "${LinkItems[${INDEX}]}

"gonna link "http://www.sit.edptest.info/edphome/home.aspx

\   click element   link=${LinkItems[${INDEX}]}

but then many of this you will get :)

Element locator 'link=http://www.example.com/example' did not match any elements

so you need to check is it visible

${flag}    Run Keyword And Return Status    Wait Until Element Is Visible    //a[@href="${LinkItems[${INDEX}]}"]
Run Keyword If    ${flag}    Click Element    //a[@href="${LinkItems[${INDEX}]}"]

Supported locator strategies you can find in : C:\Python27\Lib\site-packages\Selenium2Library\locators\elementfinder.py

peace out

[Ergo Saar]

just FYI... be sure that link element is the real indication og " clicking link". Have faced cases where <a> element is not used as click element ,its parent element was the click element <p>.  But first create Michal "if visible" element poller and then depending its status do next actions :) Insted of using xpath use css locator .try to force developers to put normal "id" to element - make application testable :)