xpath locators c# proper technique of finding

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I'm trying to master my xPath findings but I'm facing a problem. My goal is to get checkbox from the table. Could you please give me any advices how locator should always be set?

Let's imagine that my goal is the input pointing on checkbox which needs to be clicked.

Firstly I tried in really simple way:

By.XPath("//input[@type = 'checkbox'][1]")

I've got two checkboxes so I'm pointing to get the first one. Result - Fail.

By.XPath("//div[@class = 'receipt-grid-container h-90']//tbody/tr[1]/td[5]/input");

I'm starting from the main class and going "down", through tbody and table elements. As my checkbox is located inside the 5th column I've tried to find it by ending it with /input. Result - Fail also.

And the final approach, I supposed it could be done just by "going down" so:

By.XPath("//div[@class = 'receipt-grid-container h-90']//tbody/tr[1]/td[5]/div/input");

However, I failed also. Can anyone advice me how we can find it? Also, when we're searching for the xpath, is there a need starting "from the top to the bottom" technique like I'm doing above? Or we can start in different way using e.g xPath Axes


   
      
         
            
               
                  
                     Name
                  
                  
                     Quantity
                  
                  
                     EUR
                  
                  
                     Refunded
                  
                  
                     Refund
                  
               
            
         
      
      
         
            
               
                  Coca-Cola 0,5 l
                  1 pcs
                  3.00
                  0
                  
                     
                        
                        
                           
                              
                                 
                                 
                              
                              
                              
                           
                        
                     
                  
               
               
                  Fanta Zero 0,5 l
                  1 pcs
                  3.00
                  0

undetected Selenium · Accepted Answer

As per the HTML you have shared your usecase might be either to click the checkbox for the item Coca-Cola or the checkbox for the item Fanta Zero. So to click the respective checkbox you can create a function as follows:

public void click_checkbox(string softdrink)
{
    driver.FindElement(By.XPath("//div[contains(@class,'receipt-grid-container')]//table/tbody//td[contains(.,'" + softdrink + "')]//following::input[1]")).Click();
}

Now you can call the function click_checkbox() with the required item which ever you want to click as follows:

click_checkbox("Coca-Cola")
//or
click_checkbox("Fanta Zero")

xpath locators c# proper technique of finding

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