Selenium xpath selector based on the element text

Question

What would a Selenium xpath selector be for the following HTML:

<ul>
   <li>First</li>
   <li>Second</li>
   <li>Third</li>
</ul>

I need to make Selenium IDE locate the second item on the list based on the element text. I thought //li='Second' would do the trick, but apparently it does not.

Amey · Accepted Answer · 2013-06-26 20:16:18Z

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I think this is what you are looking for

ul/li[contains(text(), "Second")]

and better still

ul/li[text() = 'Second']

answered Jun 26, 2013 at 20:16

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mfeingold Over a year ago

Thank you. I am confused though why li[text()="Second"] does not work?

mfeingold Over a year ago

You know what - it does. Thank you again

Adnan Ghaffar · Accepted Answer · 2014-04-29 20:56:49Z

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If you want to get by text

[.= 'Second']

or

[text() = 'Second']

answered Apr 29, 2014 at 20:56

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lesyk · Accepted Answer · 2015-12-09 15:02:02Z

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By.xpath( "//li[contains(text(), 'Second')]" )

edited Dec 9, 2015 at 15:02

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answered Dec 9, 2015 at 8:34

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Pratik Patel · Accepted Answer · 2018-02-27 11:36:33Z

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You can use like this:

//li[. = "Second"]

OR

//li[contains(., "Second")]

Here, contains mean that you can match the partial text, so below one is also correct:

//li[contains(., "Seco")]

answered Feb 27, 2018 at 11:36

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