watir webdriver unable to click button in the table

Question

<tr class="even_row">
    <td colspan="1" rowspan="1">
        <button type="button" onclick="doSubmit('_eventId_addToHouseholdFromOther')">
            <span>
                <i class="icon-arrow-left"></i>
            </span>
        </button>
    </td>
    <td colspan="1" rowspan="1"> … </td>
    <td colspan="1" rowspan="1"> … </td>
    <td colspan="1" rowspan="1"> … </td>
</tr>

Does anybody know, how I can click on this button using watir webdriver?

Is the problem with locating the button? Is the button unique (ie is there only one left arrow button) or how do you, as a user, know which button to click? — Justin Ko
Yes, it is unique, but it does not have any id, so I don't find any method how I can click on it. I tried this, but it does not work. f.button.div(:id, 'householdToHouseholdDialog').tables(:index => 1).span(:class => 'icon-arrow-left').click — Seda

Justin Ko Justin Ko · Accepted Answer · 2013-11-25T17:44:43

Assuming that the <i class="icon-arrow-left"> element is unique (ie no other i element with the same class exists), you can do:

browser.i(:class => 'icon-arrow-left').click

watir webdriver unable to click button in the table

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