How to click on the image selenium python

Question

trying to click a input type using selenium python, input type calls image file, and added css cursor: pointer on the image, unfortunately cant click the image or the input

Image

Code

<input type="image" src="/images/btn_next.png">

CSS

input[type="image" i] 
{
    cursor: pointer;
}

how to click on the image "Next Step" ?

I tried, but shows error

driver.find_element_by_xpath('//input[@type="image"][@src="/images/btn_next.png"]').click()

Answer 1

You were close. To click() on the element you need to club up the attributes within the xpath using and and you can use either of the following Locator Strategies:

• Using css_selector:

  driver.find_element_by_css_selector("input[src='/images/btn_next.png'][type='image']").click()
  

• Using xpath:

  driver.find_element_by_xpath("//input[@src='/images/btn_next.png' and @type='image']").click()
  

But as you intend to invoke click() on the element, ideally you need to induce WebDriverWait for the element_to_be_clickable() as follows:

• Using css_selector:

  WebDriverWait(driver, 20).until(EC.element_to_be_clickable((By.CSS_SELECTOR, "input[src='/images/btn_next.png'][type='image']"))).click()
  

• Using xpath:

  WebDriverWait(driver, 20).until(EC.element_to_be_clickable((By.XPATH, "//input[@src='/images/btn_next.png' and @type='image']"))).click()
  

• Note : You have to add the following imports :

  from selenium.webdriver.support.ui import WebDriverWait
  from selenium.webdriver.common.by import By
  from selenium.webdriver.support import expected_conditions as EC
  

Answer 2

Try Use WebdriverWait and element_to_be_clickable to click on the image.

from selenium.webdriver.common.by import By
from selenium.webdriver.support.ui import WebDriverWait
from selenium.webdriver.support import expected_conditions as EC

WebDriverWait(driver,20).until(EC.element_to_be_clickable((By.XPATH,'//input[@type="image"][@src="/images/btn_next.png"]'))).click()

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If above code unable to click on the element try use javaScript executor to click on the element.

driver.execute_script("arguments[0].click();",driver.find_element_by_xpath('//input[@type="image"][@src="/images/btn_next.png"]'))

Answer 3

If you run chrome then probably moving physical cursor to image and click can help. There is python package that move physical cursor to web element, selenium-move-cursor.