How to find all the elements containing a certain text using xpath Selenium and Python

The xpath in your question has an error, not sure if it is a typo but this will not fetch any results. There is an extra parantheses.

Instead of :

driver.find_elements_by_xpath("//*[contains(text()),'panel')]") 

It should be :

driver.find_elements_by_xpath("//*[contains(text(),'panel')]") 

Tip: To test your locators(xpath/CSS) - instead of directly using it in code, try it out on a browser first. Example for Chrome:

1. Right click on the web page you are trying to automate
2. Click Inspect and do a CTRL-F.
3. Type in your xpath and press ENTER

You should be able to scroll through all the matched elements and also verify the total match count

To collect all the elements containing a certain text e.g. panel using Selenium you have to induce WebDriverWait for the visibility_of_all_elements_located() and you can use the following Locator Strategy:

• Using XPATH and contains():

  elements = WebDriverWait(driver, 10).until(EC.visibility_of_all_elements_located((By.XPATH, "//*[contains(., 'panel')]")))
  

• Note : You have to add the following imports :

  from selenium.webdriver.support.ui import WebDriverWait
  from selenium.webdriver.common.by import By
  from selenium.webdriver.support import expected_conditions as EC