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What would a Selenium xpath selector be for the following HTML:
<ul>
<li>First</li>
<li>Second</li>
<li>Third</li>
</ul>
I need to make Selenium IDE locate the second item on the list based on the element text. I thought //li='Second' would do the trick, but apparently it does not.
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5) XPath Text() FunctionThe XPath text() function is a built-in function of selenium webdriver which is used to locate elements based on text of a web element. It helps to find the exact text elements and it locates the elements within the set of text nodes. The elements to be located should be in string form.
We can find an element that contains specific text with Selenium webdriver in Python using the xpath. This locator has functions that help to verify a specific text contained within an element. The function text() in xpath is used to locate a webelement depending on the text visible on the page.
What is the correct way to select an element that contains “target text”? WebElement element = driver. findElement(By. xpath("//*[contains(text(), 'target text')]"));
I think this is what you are looking for
ul/li[contains(text(), "Second")]
and better still
ul/li[text() = 'Second']
If you want to get by text
[.= 'Second']
or
[text() = 'Second']
By.xpath( "//li[contains(text(), 'Second')]" )
You can use like this:
//li[. = "Second"]
OR
//li[contains(., "Second")]
Here, contains mean that you can match the partial text, so below one is also correct:
//li[contains(., "Seco")]
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