Same Node, different child Selenium Xpath Java

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This is the example

<div>
<div _ngcontent-c20="" class="element">
<span _ngcontent-c20="" class="chip-name tv-h-no-select"> element1 </span><!---->
<i _ngcontent-c20="" aria-hidden="true" class="close"><!---->close<!----></i></div>
<div _ngcontent-c20="" class="element">
<span _ngcontent-c20="" class="chip-name tv-h-no-select"> element2 </span><!---->
<i _ngcontent-c20="" aria-hidden="true" class="close"><!---->close<!----></i></div>
<div _ngcontent-c20="" class="element">
<span _ngcontent-c20="" class="chip-name tv-h-no-select"> element3 </span><!---->
<i _ngcontent-c20="" aria-hidden="true" class="close"><!---->close<!----></i></div>
<div _ngcontent-c20="" class="element">
<span _ngcontent-c20="" class="chip-name tv-h-no-select"> element4 </span><!---->
<i _ngcontent-c20="" aria-hidden="true" class="close"><!---->close<!----></i></div>
</div>

Here is the thing,

I want to create an xpath that press the "CLOSE" button but depending on which element I want to close...

we have 4 elements, but I just want to press the close button for the element that I want

I would like to create an xpath with Axes in order to pick the element that I want:

this is my current xpath:

//div//span[contains(text(), 'element1')]

but with this xpath is just clicking the element1 and not the "close" button.

now I would like to create an xpath choosing the element with Axes and identifying the "close" button to be pressed

supputuri · Accepted Answer · 2019-03-11 19:52:28Z

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Here is the xpath.

//span[normalize-space(.)='element2']/parent::div/i[normalize-space(.)='close']

Just change the element that you want.

answered Mar 11, 2019 at 19:52

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2 Comments

Blackwidow Over a year ago

lol, that works... thank you so much! I'd like to understand why are you using normalize-space(.) or what does mean? :)

supputuri Over a year ago

just to make sure to ignore any spaces before and after the text. Just a simple trim.

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