How to access div ids using xpath?[selenium webdriver]

Question

<div class="col-lg-3 col-sm-4 col-xs-6">
<div class="logo">..................</div> </div>

logo is inner div.

I need to acces col-lg-3 col... div content using xpath.

I did this in java: WebElement mydiv = driver.findElement(By.className("col-lg-3 ")) ; but it does not work - because it has spaces in the name.

How do I access this using xpath?

ddavison · Accepted Answer · 2015-02-17 12:35:45Z

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In CSS, you could access it like this:

driver.findElement(By.cssSelector(".col-lg-3 .logo"));

Since you asked, in XPath, it could be:

driver.findElement(By.xpath("//div[contains(@class, 'col-lg-3')]/div[contains(@class, 'logo')]")

As you can see, the CSS selector is much simpler.

answered Feb 17, 2015 at 12:35

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ERJAN Over a year ago

sorry my first div class name is this: col-lg-3 col-sm-4 col-xs-6, it has spaces already! selecting with css does not work

ddavison Over a year ago

the . selector in CSS doesn't care about spaces. you can take a look at this blog post which would explain a little bit better on how CSS can work for you.

Ilse Macías · Accepted Answer · 2016-05-24 23:07:59Z

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To see xpath, I suggest to install Firebug and FirePath; those extensions are Firefox.

Example: Can you see the image? xpath

Imagine that you don't have id neither name locators or you need to use xpath

Open Firefox.
Click on "Firebug". (#1)
There a panel.
Click on "Click an element in the page to inspect" icon (#2)
Click on "FirePath" tab. (#3)
Select the element that you wish (#4)
It displays the xpath into textbox. (#5)

So, you need to add this line:

driver.findElement(By.xpath("html/body/form/fieldset/p[1]/input"));

answered May 24, 2016 at 23:07

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