Selenium Web driver xpath, span locator

Question

Selenium Webdriver. Looking to Locate New Article from following code. Please note this is under an iframe.

<img class="rtbIcon" src="/icons/16/app/shadow/document_add.png" alt="">
                                 <span class="rtbText">New Article</span>

I have tried to locate with xpath and many other ways. But following is what I get everytime

Code : driver.findElement(By.xpath("id('RadToolBar1'):div:div:div:ul:li[3]:a:span:span:span:span"));

Result: The given selector id('RadToolBar1'):div:div:div:ul:li[3]:a:span:span:span:span is either invalid or does not result in a WebElement. The following error occurred:

New article has no name, id so please if some one can help find me solution.

Hari Reddy · Accepted Answer · 2012-07-03 15:59:03Z

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Your xpath seems to be wrong. The best way to get the xpath for any element on a page is by installing mozilla add on - Fire Bug. You can inspect any element using this add on and also copy the correct xpath of your element present on the page.

This should be your xpath -

driver.findElement(By.xpath("//*[@class='rtbText']"));

or

driver.findElement(By.linkText("New Article"));

One of these should work. Let me know if you face any problem.

edited Jul 3, 2012 at 15:59

answered Jul 3, 2012 at 15:33

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Sagar Yadav Over a year ago

Thanks for your reply. I have to firebug installed but it is of no help This is what I get. <div class="rtbOuter"> <div class="rtbMiddle"> <div class="rtbInner"> <ul class="rtbUL"> <li class="rtbItem rtbBtn "> <li class="rtbItem rtbBtn"> <li class="rtbItem rtbBtn rtbItemFocused"> <a class=" rtbWrap" href="#"> <span class="rtbOut"> <span class="rtbMid"> <span class="rtbIn"> <img class="rtbIcon" src="/icons/16/app/shadow/document_add.png" alt=""> <span class="rtbText">New Article</span> </span> </span> </span> </a> </li> <li class="rt

Sagar Yadav Over a year ago

Please check New Article is what I need to click on. Can i locate it some different way.

Sagar Yadav Over a year ago

I am giving you from div it starts as there is limitation on text to be Enetered. <div> <div class="rtbOuter"> <div class="rtbMiddle"> <div class="rtbInner"> <ul class="rtbUL"> <li class="rtbItem rtbBtn "> <li class="rtbItem rtbBtn"> <li class="rtbItem rtbBtn rtbItemFocused"> <a class=" rtbWrap" href="#"> <span class="rtbOut"> <span class="rtbMid"> <span class="rtbIn"> <img class="rtbIcon" src="/icons/16/app/shadow/document_add.png" alt=""> <span class="rtbText">New Article</span> </span> </span> </span> </ul>

Sagar Yadav Over a year ago

Thank you for your help. I Tried all of them Results are Unable to locate element: for all 3. I have to click on that New Article in order to get to next screen.

Hari Reddy Over a year ago

You can edit your question to add the entire source of your HTML page? Can you do that?

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