CODEWITHSUNDEEP
javaseleniumselenium-webdriverautomation
ayushi bakshi
ayushi bakshi

Reputation: 31

By.xpath(contains(text(), "Some text") gives error

The following code says that "The method text() is undefined for the type Test" and prompts me to create a new function text() in class Test.

driver.findElement(By.xpath(contains(text(), "menu")));

I am using Eclipse Kepler and Selenium 2.39.0.

The exception i receive is : org.openqa.selenium.NoSuchElementException. I am not able to figure out where am i going wrong.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 8089

Answers (2)

StuartLC
StuartLC

Reputation: 107247

XPath expressions need to be surrounded by quotes - and since the expression you are trying to parse also contains a string literal, I would suggest you switch the literal to single apostrophe '. Also, unless you expect the root element to contain the text menu, you'll need to be more specific about the element you are searching for. For example, the following xpath:

 driver.findElement(By.xpath("//*[contains(text(), 'menu')]"));

Will find the li element with the text "menu" (note xpath is case-sensitive):

<html>
    <foo>
        <bar>
            <ul>
                <li id="123">menu</li>
            </ul>
        </bar>
    </foo>
</html>

If possible, be even more certain, e.g. if you know that it is a li element:

 driver.findElement(By.xpath("//li[contains(text(), 'menu')]"));

Edit (OP put the actual html up)

This will find the DIV element:

 driver.findElement(By.xpath("//DIV[@style[contains(., 'm‌​enubar_menubutton.png')]]"));

Note that xpath is case sensitive - so you'll need to duplicate the SHOUTCASE tags.

Upvotes: 2

bcar
bcar

Reputation: 815

i feel there is a much easier way to do this.

i'd personally just do: 

WebElement we = driver.findElement(By.Id("123"))

or if you'd like to leverage css selectors you could do:

WebElement we = driver.findElement(By.cssSelector("li:nth-child(1)"))  //baring you know the index of the list

Upvotes: 1

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