Selenium clicking on javascript link

Question

I'm having an issue with writing a Selenium test using Java and Spring.

I need Selenium to click on a delete button on a page that contains multiple delete buttons (a list of files). Using the Selenium IDE generates the following code

selenium.click("link=Delete");

which is basically useless. I haven't been able to figure out how to target the specific element contained in a table. Here's the source:

<tr onmouseover="mouseOver(this)" onmouseout="mouseOut(this)">
  <td class="thumbnail" align="center"><img src="/services/images/nav/resources.gif" /></td>
  <td colspan="3" onClick="nav('FileName'); return false">
    <a href="javascript:nav('FileName')">Basics</a></td>
 <td>
   <a class="actionButton" href="javascript:del('FileName')">Delete</a></td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
</tr>   

I need to either a) find a way to return the xpath of the correct delete action or b) send the javascript command itself through the java code. I haven't been able to figure out how to to either, can anyone point me in the right direction?

Answer 1

Is the "Filename" part unique?

If so, the appropriate XPath would be:

selenium.click("//a[@href=\"javascript:del('FileName')\"")

Also, did you click the first Delete link from Selenium IDE? If so, try clicking on one of the subsequent ones instead and see what it comes up with.