Compound class names not permitted error Webdriver

Question

I am getting the following error:

\"Compound class names not permitted\"

While trying to access web element where-in the elemen

Answer 1

The issue is because of the way find by Class name works.

in your code class name is class="alert alert-success"

If the class name has space you'll get the above error. You can simply get rid of the issue by using Id, CSS, Xpath, regular expression or any other element finder method.

Do you need to use Class Name or can you use another method? Let me know if you need to use class name.