CODEWITHSUNDEEP
xpathselenium-webdriver
GreenTree
GreenTree

Reputation: 53

How to find element's xpath in chrome for selenium testing

When I inspected my page in chrome, I get this:

<input class="form-control form-text required" title="" data-toggle="tooltip" type="text" id="edit-name" name="name" value="" size="60" maxlength="60" data-original-title="Enter your username.">

1.

I right clicked on this code and selected Copy > Xpath. I got this:

//*[@id="edit-name"]

I created a variable:

final By userNameField = By.xpath ("//*[@id="edit-name"]");

I get syntax error.

2.

Then I tried this by id

public void enterUserName(){
driver.findElement(By.id("edit-name")).sendKeys("admin"); 
System.out.println("User name is entered");
}

It entered the user name just fine. How do I find the correct xpath in chrome so I can create a variable like I tried in step 1?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 4725

Answers (1)

Rook
Rook

Reputation: 391

final By userNameField = By.xpath ("//*[@id="edit-name"]");

You've got double quotes inside your quotes. change to:

final By userNameField = By.xpath ("//*[@id='edit-name']");

Upvotes: 1

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