[FIXED] How to find element that has multiple class in selenium

Issue

I have an element with 3 classes which I need to find with selenium

<button style="padding:2px 7px; background-color:#4caeea" 
  class="btn btn-xs btn-custom" </button>

I could not find it with : By.classname("btn btn-xs btn-custom")

I do not want to use xpath & cssSelector . What other options do I have ?

Solution

This By.classname("btn btn-xs btn-custom") will not work, as it contains multiple spaces which means it is combination of 3 classes.

You will have to switch to css selector or xpath , I do not know why you have mentioned that you do not want to use both of them.

However, If you are interest to use css selector :

You can try this :

By.cssSelector("btn.btn-xs.btn-custom")  

If you go by precedence :

1. ID
2. name
3. classname
4. linkText
5. partialLinkText
6. tagName
7. css selector
8. xpath

Answered By - cruisepandey