So, with WebDriver, there are a few better ways to getting to certain elements or texts on a page:
Following our example site, on the this page we want to return a certain text.
"Etsy is more than a marketplace"
Here is a way to take your xPath and turn it into a more programmatic approach.
xpath on its own
//p[@class = 'quiet loud" and contains (text(), Etsy is more than a marketplace")]
findElement(By.cssSelector("p.quiet").getText().equals("Etsy is more than a marketplace")
One of the ways of finding the cssSelector in the page is with firebug, when you click on the element that you are trying to target a panel on the top of firebug will display the cssSelector.
Paul,
ReplyDeleteI am automating using Selenium with python and doing very similar things you are doing here. I have an interview with you guys next Wednesday. I would like to share a couple of pdf's that have really helped me identify objects using CSS And Xpath:
Both can be found here, just click on the pdf to save and magnify it to make it useful.
http://www.simple-talk.com/dotnet/.net-framework/xpath,-css,-dom-and-selenium-the-rosetta-stone/