Handling Radio buttons and Checkboxes using Selenium Webdriver

The main difference between Radio button and Checkbox is that,
using radio button we will be able to select only one option from the options available. whereas using checkbox, we can select multiple options.

Using Click() method in Selenium we can perform the action on the Radio button and on Checkbox.

Before selecting the Radio buttons or check boxes we will have to verify:

• If Radio button or Checkbox is displayed on the webpage
• If Radio button or Checkbox is enabled on the webpage
• Check the default selection of the Radio button or Checkbox

Above mentioned verification can be done using predefined methods in Selenium:

• isDisplayed()
• isEnabled()
• isSelected()

isDisplayed()

WebElement maleRadioBtn = driver.findElement (By.xpath("//input[@type='radio' and @value='Male']"));

maleRadioBtn.isDisplayed // this returns a Boolean value, if it returns true then said radio button is present on the webpage or it returns False if not present.

isEnabled()

maleRadioBtn.isEnabled() // this returns a Boolean value, if it returns true then said radio button is enabled on the webpage or it returns False if not enabled.

isSelected()

maleRadioBtn.isSelected() // this returns a Boolean value, if it returns true then said radio button is selected or it returns False if not selected.

Keep a note that Above methods can be used while working with Check boxes.

Please refer the below code:

public class CheckBoxRadioDemo {

     public WebDriver driver;

     public void launch() throws InterruptedException {

          System.setProperty("webdriver.chrome.driver",

                   "C:\\Users\\Hitendra\\Downloads\\chromedriver_win32 (1)\\chromedriver.exe");

          driver = new ChromeDriver();

          driver.manage().window().maximize();

          driver.get("https://www.automationtestinginsider.com/2019/08/student-registration-form.html");

          Thread.sleep(2000);

     }

     public void radioBtnDemo() throws InterruptedException {

          WebElement radioBtn = driver.findElement(By.xpath("//input[@type='radio' and @value='Male']"));

          radioBtn.click();

          System.out.println("Male radio btn is Selected: "+radioBtn.isSelected());

          Thread.sleep(2000);

     }

    

     public void checkBoxDemo(String hobby) throws InterruptedException {

         

          //WebElement chekBox=driver.findElement(By.xpath("//input[@type='checkbox' and @value='Drawing']"));

          //chekBox.click();

          //Thread.sleep(2000);

         

          List<WebElement> list= driver.findElements(By.xpath

                   ("//input[@type='checkbox' and @name='Hobby']"));

         

          for(int i=0; i<list.size();i++) {

             

              WebElement ele=list.get(i);

              String hobbies=ele.getAttribute("value");

              //System.out.println(hobbies);

              if(hobbies.contains(hobby)) {

                   ele.click();

                   Thread.sleep(2000);

                   break;

              }

          }

         

     }

    

     public void closeBrowser() {

          driver.close();

     }

     public static void main(String[] args) throws InterruptedException {

          CheckBoxRadioDemo obj = new CheckBoxRadioDemo();

          obj.launch();

          obj.radioBtnDemo();

        obj.checkBoxDemo("Others");

        //obj.closeBrowser();

     }

}

Please watch below youtube video on how to handle Radio buttons and Checkboxes using Selenium Webdriver: