⚙️ Prerequisites
Make sure you have:
pip install selenium
And the driver for your browser (e.g., ChromeDriver for Chrome).
Typical setup:
from selenium import webdriver
from selenium.webdriver.common.by import By
driver = webdriver.Chrome()
driver.get("https://example.com")
✅ 1. Handling Checkboxes
Checkboxes allow multiple selections.
You can locate them by their id, name, value, or XPath/CSS Selector.
🔹 Example HTML
<input type="checkbox" id="java" name="language" value="Java">
<input type="checkbox" id="python" name="language" value="Python">
<input type="checkbox" id="js" name="language" value="JavaScript">
🔹 Example Code
# Locate by ID and click
java_cb = driver.find_element(By.ID, "java")
java_cb.click()
# Check if selected
print(java_cb.is_selected()) # True if checked
# Select multiple
langs = driver.find_elements(By.NAME, "language")
for lang in langs:
if lang.get_attribute("value") in ["Python", "JavaScript"]:
lang.click()
🧠 Notes
.click() toggles the checkbox (checks/unchecks).
Use .is_selected() to verify its state.
You can use conditions to select specific ones.
🔘 2. Handling Radio Buttons
Radio buttons allow only one option to be selected in a group.
🔹 Example HTML
<input type="radio" id="male" name="gender" value="male">
<input type="radio" id="female" name="gender" value="female">
<input type="radio" id="other" name="gender" value="other">
🔹 Example Code
# Select a specific radio button
female_rb = driver.find_element(By.ID, "female")
female_rb.click()
# Verify selection
print(female_rb.is_selected()) # True
# Select by value attribute
genders = driver.find_elements(By.NAME, "gender")
for gender in genders:
if gender.get_attribute("value") == "male":
gender.click()
🧩 3. Common Techniques
✅ Verify Selection State
if not java_cb.is_selected():
java_cb.click()
✅ Deselect Checkbox (if toggle is allowed)
If the checkbox is already checked:
if java_cb.is_selected():
java_cb.click() # unchecks it
✅ Wait for Visibility (Recommended)
Use explicit waits before interacting:
from selenium.webdriver.support.ui import WebDriverWait
from selenium.webdriver.support import expected_conditions as EC
java_cb = WebDriverWait(driver, 10).until(
EC.element_to_be_clickable((By.ID, "java"))
)
java_cb.click()
🧠 Summary
Action Method
Find checkbox/radio find_element() / find_elements()
Click (select/deselect) .click()
Check if selected .is_selected()
Get attribute value .get_attribute("value")
Wait for clickable WebDriverWait + EC.element_to_be_clickable()
🧪 Example: Complete Script
from selenium import webdriver
from selenium.webdriver.common.by import By
from selenium.webdriver.support.ui import WebDriverWait
from selenium.webdriver.support import expected_conditions as EC
driver = webdriver.Chrome()
driver.get("https://www.w3schools.com/html/html_forms.asp")
# Example: checkboxes or radios on a sample page
wait = WebDriverWait(driver, 10)
# Example: clicking a checkbox
checkbox = wait.until(EC.element_to_be_clickable((By.XPATH, "//input[@type='checkbox']")))
checkbox.click()
print("Checkbox selected:", checkbox.is_selected())
driver.quit()
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