python - How can I make Selenium click through a variable number of "next" buttons? -

i have internal web application has modal dialog. unfortunately cannot post actual web application location here, let me describe best possible.

• when application starts, box on screen tells bunch of text. can press "next" next page of text.
• on final page, "next" button disabled, , rest of ui of web application enabled.
• there variable number of pages, don't know how many times have click "next".

i'm able click through fixed number of times (ex: if know there's 2 pages can click twice) unsure how vary it'll run no matter number of pages have. general solution; presumably uses loop of sort check if button enabled. if is, click it. if it's disabled, exit loop.

the question is: how can set loop in selenium clicks button repeatedly until disabled?

here's code i've tried:

from selenium import webdriver selenium.common.exceptions import timeoutexception selenium.webdriver.support.ui import webdriverwait # available since 2.4.0 selenium.webdriver.common.by import selenium.webdriver.support import expected_conditions ec # available since 2.26.0  # create new instance of firefox driver driver = webdriver.firefox()  driver.get("http://localhost/myapp")  try:     wait = webdriverwait(driver, 100)         wait.until(ec.element_to_be_clickable((by.id,'menuintrobox_buttonnext')))         driver.find_element_by_id("menuintrobox_buttonnext").click()      # click through introduction text... problematic code.     # here tried wait element clickable, tried while      # loop can click on long it's clickable, never seems     # break.     wait.until(ec.element_to_be_clickable((by.id,'main_buttonmissiontextnext')))     while ec.element_to_be_clickable((by.id,'main_buttonmissiontextnext')):         element = driver.find_element_by_id("main_buttonmissiontextnext")         element.click()         print "waiting until it's clickable."          if not element.is_enabled():             break      print "here i'd other stuff.... stuff want in test case." finally:     driver.quit() 

figured out. here's relevant code block:

wait.until(ec.element_to_be_clickable((by.id, 'main_buttonmissiontextnext'))) while ec.element_to_be_clickable((by.id,'main_buttonmissiontextnext')):     driver.find_element_by_id("main_buttonmissiontextnext").click()     if not driver.find_element_by_id("main_buttonmissiontextnext").click().is_enabled():         break     wait.until(ec.element_to_be_clickable((by.id, 'main_buttonmissiontextnext'))) 

two things found out:

1. you can check if element enabled using is_enabled().
2. you have re-search dom element after clicking on it. i'm guessing dialog redraws itself, need find again.

i can refactor nicer basic idea here now.