XPATH LOCATOR’S EXAMPLE IN SELENIUM

We have already learned about Xpath locator in previous posts.

Following are different example of Xpath locator:

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1. <div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst">  
2. <table id="table1"><o:p></o:p></div>  
3. <div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle">  
4. <form method="POST"  
5. action="#"><o:p></o:p></div>  
6. <div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle">  
7. <tbody><o:p></o:p></div>  
8. <div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle">  
9. <tr><td>Name: </td><td><input  
10. type="text" id="name" size="20"></td></tr><o:p></o:p></div>  
11. <div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle">  
12. <tr><td>Email Address: </td><td><input  
13. type="text" name="email" size="20"></td></tr><o:p></o:p></div>  
14. <div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle">  
15. <tr><td><input  
16. type="submit" value="Submit"  
17. class="button"></td></tr><o:p></o:p></div>  
18. <div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast">  
19. </tbody><o:p></o:p></div>  
20. </table>  

Xpath Locator based on id of element:
For example,

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1. xpath=//input[@id='name']  

is the xpath based on id for Name textbox in above html code.

Xpath Locator based on name of element: 
For example,

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1. xpath=//input[@name='email']  

is the xpath based on name for Email Address textbox in above html code.

Xpath Locator based on class of element: 
For example,

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1. xpath=//input[@class='button']  

is the xpath based on class for Submit button in above html code.

Xpath Locator based on value of element: 
For example,

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1. xpath=//input[@value='Submit ']  

is the xpath based on value for Submit button in above html code.

Xpath Locator based on containing text by element: 
For example,

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1. xpath=//p[contains(text(),'Name')]  

is the xpath based containing text for Name label in below html code.