How do I select a Radio button
This example demonstrates selecting a radio button.
In the solution shown below, you will see that the radio button "Faimly of 2" of the "Number of people on insurance policy:" options in HICC application is selected.
Solution:
# | Command | Target | Value |
---|---|---|---|
Select the Radio Button to select "Family of 2" option | |||
1 | check | //input[@id="rdo_family2"] |
Tips, Tricks, Gotchas & Best Practices:
- In some cases, you will see that some radio buttons are non-editable and you will need to check the editability of such buttons. You can use the assertEditable command or verifyEditable command before performing any action (click/check) on the button to confirm it is enabled for edit.
- If the options of radio button does not have an unique "id" in any application, you can provide a temporary "id" of your choice using the command assignId. Then you can use that "id" for identifying the element.
- If the check command fails, you can perform the action with the below-mentioned alternatives.
- You can use either the click or mouseDown command to select the radio button.
- If the above-mentioned commands fail to perform the action then you can use the runScript command to select the radio button.