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Edasaur
Edasaur

Reputation: 407

How do I retrieve the xpath of a clicked element in Selenium?

Is there a way for me to select an element in a web browser, using Selenium IDE and get an XPath of the item I clicked on (regardless of whether it is text or button?)

TIA

Upvotes: 1

Views: 1176

Answers (4)

AGill
AGill

Reputation: 778

In Selenium IDE, by keeping the recording mode on, then clicking on the element you want to capture, you can find all the locators of that web element that are captured by the Selenium IDE (if the selenium IDE is able to capture the web element). After recording that element in IDE , click on the drop down in the Target bar (on right end of Target bar), you will find all the locators including xPath (css as well).

Upvotes: 0

userpal
userpal

Reputation: 1523

In Selenium IDE, click the Select button beside the Target text box. And then move your mouse pointer to the web element that you want to check (it will be highlighted). Click on the element. In the IDE, click the Target dropdown box. Select the xpath that you want to use.

Alternatively, if you do not want to use IDE, you can also use the Developer Tool panel in Chrome or Firebug plugin in Firefox to get the xpath.

Upvotes: 0

alecxe
alecxe

Reputation: 473763

You can get "the" xpath - but it would be an absolute path to the element which is usually not reliable and very fragile. In the firebug firefox extension find an element and select "Copy xpath" from the menu.

Upvotes: 1

Robbie Wareham
Robbie Wareham

Reputation: 3428

There is no such thing as "the" XPath. Every element has many Xpath, there is no definitive.

Some Xpath are brittle, some are stable, some are reliable, some are unstable.

The "best" and most suitable has to be a human decision. Browsers allow you to test and experiment with Xpath.

Upvotes: 1

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