How to Click on a Button within a datagrid after finding the correct username in C#

Question

So here is my Code that is able to get the header of the datagrid column and find the matching values from the user inputs. For Example if input is \"jdoe\" it will look at

Answer 1

A possible solution would be to use an xpath that finds the line that has a cell with your text and from there to select the button.

example:

//tr[.//td[text()='jdoe']]//button

Answer 2

Here is what I use to iterate through tables:

get your search element = value2

get your table id, xpath or css = myTable

The loop will go through the table and then find value2. From here you have a choice on what you want to do next. Let's say your column looks like this:

|col 1 |col  2  | col   3 |
|link1 | value1 | link2   |
|link1 | value2 | link2   |

In the below it will stop on value2. That becomes tds[i]. To click link 1 I use:

 tds[i - 1].Click(); 

If I want to click on link 2 I use:

 tds[i + 1].Click(); 

Just consider the column number from [i] and count left (minus) or right (plus) the number of columns.

 public void ClickTableLink(String value2)
  {
  var table =  driver.FindElement(By.Id("myTable"));
  foreach (var tr in table.FindElements(By.TagName("tr")))
  {
   var tds = tr.FindElements(By.TagName("td"));
    for (var i = 0; i < tds.Count; i++)
    {
        if (tds[i].Text.Trim().Contains(value2))
        {
            tds[i - 1].Click();
           break;
        }

    }
  }
}