Selenium webdriver : how to find the element in DOM based on custom attribute

Question

How can I find the element in DOM based on a custom attribute?

For example:

DOM attributes are not present in the HTML view. Using a DOM inspector I can able to identify the Custom attribute is unique.

driver.findElement(By.id("SimpleSearch:dIndicesGrid:1:Value")).getAttribute("_celltype");

Here _celltype is a custom attribute. This attribute is not visible in the HTML view.

Answer 1

Find the element by XPath:

WebElement element = driver.findElement(By.xpath("xpath_link")); 

xpath_link=//*[@_celltype='celltype']; // This is a sample xpath

System.out.println(element.getText());

This will get the text of the 'cell type' field and displays the value of it.

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