How To Click On Link In Selenium Webdriver

Questions : How to Click On Link In Selenium Webdriver Using Java ?

Answer :
There are two way to click on link
1) linkText()
2) PartialLinkText()

linkText ()
Link text method in selenium used to click on link. in selenium accessing link using exact Text Matchwe use By.linkText() methods. In case there are two link with same text , then in this case linktext () method will access only the first link.

Example
Example of link text method is given below
driver.findElement(By.linkText("Forgotten account?")).click();

Selenium Code to click on Link Using Link Text Method

Code :

package automation;

import org.openqa.selenium.By;

import org.openqa.selenium.WebDriver;

import org.openqa.selenium.chrome.ChromeDriver;

public class LinkTextMethod
{
public static void main(String[] args)
{

System.setProperty("webdriver.chrome.driver", "C:\\Software\\chromedriver.exe");

WebDriver driver=new ChromeDriver();

driver.manage().window().maximize();

driver.get("https://www.facebook.com/");

driver.findElement(By.linkText("Forgotten account?")).click();

}

Partial Link Text()
Partial Link Text is used to click on link . this method is used to access the link by portion text of link .In case if there are two link with same name (after the specify partial link text ) in that cases it will access only first link .

Example
Example of Partial Link Text method is given below
driver.findElement(By.partialLinkText("gotten")).click();

Selenium Code to click on Link Using partial Link Text Method

Code :

package automation;

import org.openqa.selenium.By;

import org.openqa.selenium.WebDriver;

import org.openqa.selenium.chrome.ChromeDriver;

public class ClickOnLink
{

public static void main(String[] args)
{

System.setProperty("webdriver.chrome.driver", "C:\\Software\\chromedriver.exe");

WebDriver driver=new ChromeDriver();

driver.manage().window().maximize();

driver.get("https://www.facebook.com/");

driver.findElement(By.partialLinkText("gotten")).click();

}

}

In this tutorial we learn how to Click on link in selenium webdriver with various types .Hope this tutorial helpful for you 😊

Thanks & Regards
Sandeep Yadav

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