How can i check a checkbox in Selenium Webdriver with Java?

I am using Selenium in Java to test the checking of a checkbox in a webapp. Here's my code:

boolean isChecked = driver.findElement((By.xpath(xpath1))).isSelected();


But this code returns incorrect value. The checkbox in the HTML:

Active checkbox

Inactive checkbox

How can I solve this problem in Selenium WebDriver with Java? Will be grateful for any help.

4 Answers
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you can't use isSelected() because it is not a standart html input element.
my suggested solution is: you can take class attribute and check with active one:

if(driver.findElement((By.xpath(xpath1))).getAttribute('class') == 'ui-chkbox-box ui-widget ui-corner-all ui-state-default ui-state-active')
return True
else
return False


The issue is mainly because the checkbox that you have created is not a standard input checkbox element that html has, but a custom one. In order to check it, you can perform a click operation on it and see if it works.

driver.findElement(By.cssSelector('div.ui-chkbox-box)).click(); //check the checkbox


In order to verify whether its checked, you can verify the class of the element which adds ui-state-active to the div element when its active. Here's how -

ui-state-active

try{
driver.findElement(By.cssSelector('div.ui-state-active')); //find the element using the class name to see if it exists
}
catch(NoSuchElementException e){
System.out.println('Element is not checked');
}


Or get the class attribute of the element and then use it to see if it exists.

driver.findElement(By.cssSelector('div.ui-chkbox-box')).getAttribute('class');


Hope it helps.

I managed to solve, but it is not too pretty solution:

String a = driver.findElement((By.xpath(xpath1))).getAttribute("class");
System.out.print(a.contains("ui-state-active"));


For more tricky situations
check boxes have a sudo css selector "checked"
So what you can do is add checked to your css selector like this

let check = !!driver.findElement({css:"div.ui-chkbox-box:checked"});


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