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I want to click or more respectively, expand the "Any time" button. I've tried to locate the element by class_name and xpath. The problem is that the class and xpath are the same for all three 'options'. So, I would like to select and click or expand on that element by using the aria-label. I found a couple of suggestions, but it didn't work for me. Most importantly, I try to do that in python 3. I also tried:

driver.find_element_by_xpath(""" //div*[@aria-label='Any Time'] """).click()

but it doesn't work.

Could anyone please help me? Many thanks in advance!

<div class="hdtb-mn-hd" aria-haspopup="true" role="button" tabindex="0" aria-label="Any country"><div class="mn-hd-txt">Any country</div><span class="mn-dwn-arw"></span></div>
<div class="hdtb-mn-hd" aria-haspopup="true" role="button" tabindex="0" aria-label="Any time"><div class="mn-hd-txt">Any time</div><span class="mn-dwn-arw"></span></div>
<div class="hdtb-mn-hd" aria-haspopup="true" role="button" tabindex="0" aria-label="All results"><div class="mn-hd-txt">All results</div><span class="mn-dwn-arw"></span></div>
Lo1988
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Using the aria-label property you can try the following xpath:

driver.find_element_by_xpath("//div[@aria-label='Any time']/div[@class='mn-hd-txt' and text()='Any time']");

OR

driver.find_element_by_xpath("//div[@aria-label='Any time']/div[@class='mn-hd-txt'][text()='Any time']");

If using aria-label property is not a mandatory requirement you can use the following:

driver.find_element_by_xpath("//div[@class='hdtb-mn-hd']/div[@class='mn-hd-txt' and text()='Any time']");

OR

driver.find_element_by_xpath("//div[@class='hdtb-mn-hd']/div[@class='mn-hd-txt'][text()='Any time']");
DebanjanB
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  • Thank you very much for your reply, @DebanjanB! All of your suggestions work, however, I still can't click on it, or more respectively expand it. I get the following error message: `Message: unknown error: Element
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    is not clickable at point (306, 99). Other element would receive the click: ...` Any ideas how to solve this problem? Thanks in advance!     – Lo1988 Oct 12 '17 at 09:21
  • For `Element is not clickable at point (x, y)` see this [**`Discussion / QA`**](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/44912203/selenium-web-driver-java-element-is-not-clickable-at-point-36-72-other-el/44916498#44916498) – DebanjanB Oct 12 '17 at 09:23
  • For those trying to do the same for other things... Another example; `tags = driver.find_element(By.XPATH,"//textarea[@aria-label='tags']")` where 'tags' is aria-label="tags" (in the 'view source' of a page) in a 'textarea' element. You can swap 'textarea' with 'input' if it is an input field instead and so on. – Roel Van de Paar Jun 06 '19 at 10:03
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So, I was just wrestling with this for the last couple days, and it was proving to be a huge headache. The aria-label was basically the only reliable attribute, and the xpath solution was not working for me.

On a whim, I tried using:

driver.find_elements_by_css_selector("[aria-label=XXXX]")

where XXXX was the aria labels that I was searching for. Worked like a charm.

All this to say, try using the css selector. It just works.

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    You may need to quote this, namely `find_element(s)_by_css_selector("element[property='foo']")`. Using a `div` for example: `...selector("div[aria-label='XXXX']")`. – Hendy Mar 26 '20 at 03:25