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How to click post button in Facebook groups?, webdriver Java

I also cannot click this button with the below code, i've tried:
driver.navigate().to(groupname);
Thread.sleep(3000);
driver.findElement(By.name("xhpc_message_text")).sendKeys(LinkYT+"\n");
Thread.sleep(3000);
driver.findElement(By.xpath("\\button\\span[.=\"Post\"]")).click();
I've used also waits and cssSelectors but cannot manage to click the button. I'm surely doing something wrong
Do you you have a suggestion?
<button class="_1mf7 _4jy0 _4jy3 _4jy1 _51sy selected _42ft" data-
testid="react-composer-post-button" type="submit" value="1"><img alt=""
class="_3-8_ _5gm4 img"
src="https://www.facebook.com/rsrc.php/v3/yb/r/GsNJNwuI-UM.gif" data-
testid="react-composer-throbber" width="16" height="11"><span
class="">Post</span></button>
ex for one of my tries, all have same no such element exection. so xpath,css selector etc i get them wrong for this button...
Exception in thread "main" org.openqa.selenium.NoSuchElementException: no
such element: Unable to locate element:
{"method":"xpath","selector":"//button[#type='submit']
[contains(text(),'Post')]"}
(Session info: chrome=61.0.3163.100)
(Driver info: chromedriver=2.30.477700
(0057494ad8732195794a7b32078424f92a5fce41),platform=Windows NT 10.0.15063
x86_64) (WARNING: The server did not provide any stacktrace information)
Command duration or timeout: 46 milliseconds
For documentation on this error, please visit:
http://seleniumhq.org/exceptions/no_such_element.html
Build info: version: '3.4.0', revision: 'unknown', time: 'unknown'
System info: host: 'INTERN2017-37', ip: '10.6.220.24', os.name: 'Windows
10', os.arch: 'amd64', os.version: '10.0', java.version: '1.8.0_131'
Driver info: org.openqa.selenium.chrome.ChromeDriver
Capabilities [{applicationCacheEnabled=false, rotatable=false,
mobileEmulationEnabled=false, networkConnectionEnabled=false, chrome=
{chromedriverVersion=2.30.477700 (0057494ad8732195794a7b32078424f92a5fce41),
userDataDir=C:\Users\LUCIAN~1.PAT\AppData\Local\Temp\scoped_dir19996_28709},
takesHeapSnapshot=true, pageLoadStrategy=normal, databaseEnabled=false,
handlesAlerts=true, hasTouchScreen=false, version=61.0.3163.100,
platform=XP, browserConnectionEnabled=false, nativeEvents=true,
acceptSslCerts=true, locationContextEnabled=true, webStorageEnabled=true,
browserName=chrome, takesScreenshot=true, javascriptEnabled=true,
cssSelectorsEnabled=true, unexpectedAlertBehaviour=}]
Session ID: 2bbb3a860bbafbca888b4a9c5af20029
*** Element info: {Using=xpath, value=//button[#type='submit']
[contains(text(),'Post')]}
at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(Unknown Source)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Unknown Source)

manged to do it with:
WebElement elem = driver.findElement(By.xpath("//button[#type='submit']//span[contains(text(),'Post')]"));
Actions actions = new Actions(driver);
actions.moveToElement(elem).click().perform();

Your answer is correct but as I guess you can also use xpath using SPAN directly like this
WebElement elem = driver.findElement(By.xpath("//span[contains(text(),'Post')]"));
Actions actions = new Actions(driver);
actions.moveToElement(elem).click().perform();

Unable to select from dropdown using "Select", getting element is not visible exception

I am trying to select some values from a dropdown and have tries all the options : selectByIndex, selectByVisibleText, selectByValue but I am unable to select value on the page; tried different waits also but still getting get the below error :
Exception in thread "main" org.openqa.selenium.ElementNotVisibleException:
Element is not visible (WARNING: The server did not provide any stacktrace
information)
Command duration or timeout: 42 milliseconds
Build info: version: '3.0.0-beta3', revision: 'c7b525d', os.name: 'Windows
10', os.arch: 'amd64', os.version: '10.0', java.version: '1.8.0_121'
Driver info: org.openqa.selenium.firefox.FirefoxDriver
Capabilities [{rotatable=false, raisesAccessibilityExceptions=false,
appBuildId=20160726073904, version=, platform=XP, proxy={}, command_id=1,
specificationLevel=0, acceptSslCerts=false, browserVersion=48.0,
platformVersion=10.0, XULappId={ec8030f7-c20a-464f-9b0e-13a3a9e97384},
browserName=Firefox, takesScreenshot=true, takesElementScreenshot=true,
platformName=Windows_NT, device=desktop}]
Session ID: 83d79d14-527d-4a8e-a05e-01671d7b73f3
at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.java:62)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.java:45)
at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Constructor.java:423)
at org.openqa.selenium.remote.ErrorHandler.createThrowable(ErrorHandler.java:206)
at org.openqa.selenium.remote.ErrorHandler.throwIfResponseFailed(ErrorHandler.java:158)
at org.openqa.selenium.remote.RemoteWebDriver.execute(RemoteWebDriver.java:631)
at org.openqa.selenium.remote.RemoteWebElement.execute(RemoteWebElement.java:284)
at org.openqa.selenium.remote.RemoteWebElement.click(RemoteWebElement.java:84)
at org.openqa.selenium.support.ui.Select.setSelected(Select.java:324)
at org.openqa.selenium.support.ui.Select.selectByValue(Select.java:201)
at accessingForms.FormElements.main(FormElements.java:39)
Below is the snippet of my code, firefox version 48
driver.get("http://newtours.demoaut.com");
WebDriverWait wait = new WebDriverWait(driver, 10);
wait.until(ExpectedConditions.visibilityOfElementLocated(By.name("userName")));
driver.findElement(By.partialLinkText("here")).click();
wait.until(ExpectedConditions.visibilityOfElementLocated(By.name("country")));
System.out.println("wait statement executed");
Select CountryDrpDwn = new Select(driver.findElement(By.name("country")));
System.out.println("found the drop down");
Thread.sleep(1000);
CountryDrpDwn.selectByValue("3");
System.out.println("Selected by value mofo");
Thread.sleep(2000);
CountryDrpDwn.selectByVisibleText("ANTARCTICA ");
System.out.println("Antarctica Selected");
Thanks in advance for help

Elements are not identified properly, whats wrong?

in my Angular application i am identifying an element with its id. But its not recognizing during the execution and below are my details.
In my screen, i have a Loan number control with loan value and its checkbox as checked state. I have to find out whether after the screen launch, this loan number is checked or not. I have scripted with its identified (id) but during the execution it not recognized and it throws 'Element not visible' error. Any help please..
<section class="verification-element" data-ng-show="$ctrl.value || $ctrl.vmodel=='isIvrVerified'" aria-hidden="false">
<div class="verification-element--nameValue" data-ng-switch="$ctrl.type">
<label for="loanNumberid" class="verification-element__name ng-binding">LOAN NUMBER</label>
<!-- ngSwitchWhen: address -->
<!-- ngSwitchWhen: percentage -->
<!-- ngSwitchWhen: select -->
<!-- ngSwitchDefault: --><span class="verification-element__value ng-binding ng-scope" id="loanNumberValueId" data-ng-switch-default="">0553101437</span><!-- end ngSwitchWhen: -->
</div>
<div class="verification-element--checkbox saturn-checkbox">
<input class="checkBoxFirstPanel ng-pristine ng-untouched ng-valid ng-empty" type="checkbox" name="loanNumber" id="loanNumberid" data-ng-checked="true" data-ng-model="$ctrl.thing" data-ng-click="$ctrl.checkedElement({name: $ctrl.vmodel, value: $ctrl.thing})" checked="checked" aria-invalid="false" style="">
<label for="loanNumberid"></label>
</div>
</section>
When i checked with my developer, he says that he has put 'id' for this checkbox control as "loanNumberid" i also scripted with that. but when i inspect it actually shows the <lable> control and i am confused on this. here is my selenium code
#FindBy(id = "loanNumberid")
public static WebElement chkloan;
chkloan.click();
and i get the error as...
org.openqa.selenium.ElementNotVisibleException: element not visible
(Session info: chrome=56.0.2924.76)
(Driver info: chromedriver=2.25.426923 (0390b88869384d6eb0d5d09729679f934aab9eed),platform=Windows NT 6.1.7601 SP1 x86_64) (WARNING: The server did not provide any stacktrace information)
Command duration or timeout: 23 milliseconds
Build info: version: '2.43.1', revision: '5163bceef1bc36d43f3dc0b83c88998168a363a0', time: '2014-09-10 09:43:55'
System info: host: 'MUS5CG6030CWS', ip: '10.219.18.222', os.name: 'Windows 7', os.arch: 'amd64', os.version: '6.1', java.version: '1.8.0_92'
Driver info: org.openqa.selenium.chrome.ChromeDriver
Capabilities [{applicationCacheEnabled=false, rotatable=false, mobileEmulationEnabled=false, networkConnectionEnabled=false, chrome={chromedriverVersion=2.25.426923 (0390b88869384d6eb0d5d09729679f934aab9eed), userDataDir=C:\Users\par964\AppData\Local\Temp\scoped_dir17000_14241}, takesHeapSnapshot=true, pageLoadStrategy=normal, databaseEnabled=false, handlesAlerts=true, hasTouchScreen=false, version=56.0.2924.76, platform=XP, browserConnectionEnabled=false, nativeEvents=true, acceptSslCerts=true, locationContextEnabled=true, webStorageEnabled=true, browserName=chrome, takesScreenshot=true, javascriptEnabled=true, cssSelectorsEnabled=true}]
Session ID: a8514260e4e55f5ff09b60d0196223f4
at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.java:62)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.java:45)
at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Constructor.java:423)
at org.openqa.selenium.remote.ErrorHandler.createThrowable(ErrorHandler.java:204)
at org.openqa.selenium.remote.ErrorHandler.throwIfResponseFailed(ErrorHandler.java:156)
at org.openqa.selenium.remote.RemoteWebDriver.execute(RemoteWebDriver.java:599)
at org.openqa.selenium.remote.RemoteWebElement.execute(RemoteWebElement.java:268)
at org.openqa.selenium.remote.RemoteWebElement.click(RemoteWebElement.java:79)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:498)
at org.openqa.selenium.support.pagefactory.internal.LocatingElementHandler.invoke(LocatingElementHandler.java:50)
at com.sun.proxy.$Proxy15.click(Unknown Source)
at com.capitalone.Pages.NewVerificationModal.clickCheckBoxes(NewVerificationModal.java:360)
at com.capitalone.Steps.Saturn_Login.selectElements(Saturn_Login.java:490)
at ?.And I select fields on verification panel(src/test/resources/feature/SmokeCICD/NotesMemo.feature:12)

Make sure that there are no elements with same ID in the DOM model
Make sure that element is not overlapped with smthn else
Try clicking either JS, either using Actions

Element not visible in firefox as well as chrome

I am working in selenium webdriver 2.0, and I have to automate a script for running functional and cross-browser testing. I am getting an error of element not visible when I am trying to click on an element with the class .divAdvSearchFeildListName&[data-id='30001'] for a drop down.
The same code works fine for some drop-downs to select a country name and jurisdiction from the same page on the same page. The error I am getting is:
org.openqa.selenium.ElementNotVisibleException: Element is not currently visible and so may not be interacted with
Command duration or timeout: 47 milliseconds
Build info: version: '2.32.0', revision: '6c40c18', time: '2013-04-09 17:22:56'
System info: os.name: 'Windows XP', os.arch: 'x86', os.version: '5.1', java.version: '1.7.0_21'
Session ID: 2ca283f6-5703-4ef6-b07f-2dee99b531ab
Driver info: org.openqa.selenium.firefox.FirefoxDriver
Capabilities [{platform=XP, databaseEnabled=true, cssSelectorsEnabled=true, javascriptEnabled=true, acceptSslCerts=true, handlesAlerts=true, browserName=firefox, browserConnectionEnabled=true, nativeEvents=true, webStorageEnabled=true, rotatable=false, locationContextEnabled=true, applicationCacheEnabled=true, takesScreenshot=true, version=22.0}]
at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(Unknown Source)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Unknown Source)
at org.openqa.selenium.remote.ErrorHandler.createThrowable(ErrorHandler.java:187)
at org.openqa.selenium.remote.ErrorHandler.throwIfResponseFailed(ErrorHandler.java:145)
at org.openqa.selenium.remote.RemoteWebDriver.execute(RemoteWebDriver.java:554)
at org.openqa.selenium.remote.RemoteWebElement.execute(RemoteWebElement.java:268)
at org.openqa.selenium.remote.RemoteWebElement.click(RemoteWebElement.java:79)
at com.anteambulo.SeleniumJQuery.Prog_Try_Six.automate(Prog_Try_Six.java:1112)
at com.anteambulo.SeleniumJQuery.Prog_Try_Six.hCueIgn(Prog_Try_Six.java:122)
at com.anteambulo.SeleniumJQuery.Prog_Try_Six.main(Prog_Try_Six.java:71)
Caused by: org.openqa.selenium.remote.ErrorHandler$UnknownServerException: Element is not currently visible and so may not be interacted with
Build info: version: '2.32.0', revision: '6c40c18', time: '2013-04-09 17:22:56'
System info: os.name: 'Windows XP', os.arch: 'x86', os.version: '5.1', java.version: '1.7.0_21'
Driver info: driver.version: unknown
at <anonymous class>.fxdriver.preconditions.visible(file:///C:/DOCUME~1/155366/LOCALS~1/Temp/anonymous8998336689581680973webdriver-profile/extensions/fxdriver#googlecode.com/components/command_processor.js:7682)
at <anonymous class>.DelayedCommand.prototype.checkPreconditions_(file:///C:/DOCUME~1/155366/LOCALS~1/Temp/anonymous8998336689581680973webdriver-profile/extensions/fxdriver#googlecode.com/components/command_processor.js:10402)
at <anonymous class>.DelayedCommand.prototype.executeInternal_/h(file:///C:/DOCUME~1/155366/LOCALS~1/Temp/anonymous8998336689581680973webdriver-profile/extensions/fxdriver#googlecode.com/components/command_processor.js:10421)
at <anonymous class>.DelayedCommand.prototype.executeInternal_(file:///C:/DOCUME~1/155366/LOCALS~1/Temp/anonymous8998336689581680973webdriver-profile/extensions/fxdriver#googlecode.com/components/command_processor.js:10426)
at <anonymous class>.DelayedCommand.prototype.execute/<(file:///C:/DOCUME~1/155366/LOCALS~1/Temp/anonymous8998336689581680973webdriver-profile/extensions/fxdriver#googlecode.com/components/command_processor.js:10366)
My code gets stuck at line number 6 in this code snippet. As you can see in the code I am trying to highlight that web element with a 5px solid yellow border:
jQuery EntitySearchTypeValue = browser.queryUntil(a1ValEntityDropDownList);
setCellName(26,0,a1ValEntityDropDownListLabel,sheetReportGeneration);
hCueExcel(1,1,26,sheetReportGeneration,browser,colNoForDiffBrowsers,EntitySearchTypeValue);
System.out.println("Login Button found");
// password.css("border", "none");
EntitySearchTypeValue.css("border", "5px solid yellow");
takescreenshot(a1ValFileNamePath,26,colNoForDifferentScreenShots,sheetSnapshotGeneration,workbook);
***EntitySearchTypeValue.get().click();***
// browser.findElement(By.className("divAdvSearchFeildListName&[data-id='30001']")).click();
// browser.getDrv().findElementByClassName("EntitySearchTypeValue&[data-id='30001']").click();
// browser.getDrv().findElementByCssSelector(".divAdvSearchFeildListName&[data-id='30001']").click();
// document.querySelector(".field[data-test]");
// browser.get()
// By cssSelector = By.cssSelector(".field[data-test='testytest']");
// or By.cssSelector(".field[data-test=testytest]")
// or By.cssSelector(".field[data-test]")
//bin.findElement(cssSelector).sendKeys("Hello");
try{
Thread.sleep(5000L);
}catch(Exception e){
}
The same code works fine in Firefox, but gets stuck at some point later in the code for other browsers. For Chrome it gets stuck in the beginning for the third drop-down in the same page. I have the selenium-server-standalone-2.32.0.jar which is the latest version.

This exception means that the element you are trying to click on is hidden. Make sure that the element is visible before click on it. You can add a wait if the element becomes visible after delay.
Apart from this you should check the system configuration and it should be compatible.

How to find the text under div class

I am using Internet Explorer as a browser to automate testing, using webdriver. My question being, how do I find the text under the div class?
My HTML looks like this:
<div class="welcome_text">
Text-Welcome Vijayanand
I have tried to use an XPath like this
WebElement webelement=driver.findElement(By.xpath("//div[#Class='welcome_text']/div"));
webelement.getText();
But I am getting the error shown below:
Exception in thread "main" org.openqa.selenium.NoSuchElementException: Unable to find element with xpath == //DIV[#Class='welcome_text']/DIV (WARNING: The server did not provide any stacktrace information)
Command duration or timeout: 656 milliseconds
For documentation on this error, please visit: http://seleniumhq.org/exceptions/no_such_element.html
Build info: version: '2.32.0', revision: '6c40c18', time: '2013-04-09 17:23:22'
System info: os.name: 'Windows XP', os.arch: 'x86', os.version: '5.1', java.version: '1.6.0_05'
Session ID: 87815f2f-f6ff-4689-ac34-befb114acfe4
Driver info: org.openqa.selenium.ie.InternetExplorerDriver
Capabilities [{platform=WINDOWS, elementScrollBehavior=0, javascriptEnabled=true, enablePersistentHover=true, ignoreZoomSetting=false, browserName=internet explorer, enableElementCacheCleanup=true, unexpectedAlertBehaviour=dismiss, version=8, cssSelectorsEnabled=true, ignoreProtectedModeSettings=true, requireWindowFocus=false, allowAsynchronousJavaScript=true, handlesAlerts=true, initialBrowserUrl=, nativeEvents=true, takesScreenshot=true}]
at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(Unknown Source)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Unknown Source)
at org.openqa.selenium.remote.ErrorHandler.createThrowable(ErrorHandler.java:187)
at org.openqa.selenium.remote.ErrorHandler.throwIfResponseFailed(ErrorHandler.java:145)
at org.openqa.selenium.remote.RemoteWebDriver.execute(RemoteWebDriver.java:554)
at org.openqa.selenium.remote.RemoteWebDriver.findElement(RemoteWebDriver.java:307)
at org.openqa.selenium.remote.RemoteWebDriver.findElementByXPath(RemoteWebDriver.java:404)
at org.openqa.selenium.By$ByXPath.findElement(By.java:344)
at org.openqa.selenium.remote.RemoteWebDriver.findElement(RemoteWebDriver.java:299)
at internetexplorerlaunch.IElaunch.main(IElaunch.java:44)

Try By.className() method as shown below.
WebElement webelement=driver.findElement(By.className("welcome_text"));
webelement.getText();

Your XPATH is wrong:
WebElement webelement=driver.findElement(By.xpath("//div[#Class='welcome_text']/div"));
webelement.getText();
It should be:
driver.findElement(By.xpath("//div[#class='welcome_text']"));