Locate a button which has a span with specific text in Selenium python

Question

I have following html snippet:

<button><span>Next</span></button>

I want to locate this button and I am using the following:

driver.find_element_by_xpath("//button[@span[.='Next']]")

Also used:

driver.find_element_by_xpath("//button//span[.='Next']")

but this locates the span instead of the button :(

But no luck with this. Does anyone know what is the correct way for the same?

DonnyFlaw · Accepted Answer · 2020-11-24 07:32:50Z

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Try this XPATH to locate button based on child span text content

"//button[span='Next']"

answered Nov 24, 2020 at 7:32

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frianH · Accepted Answer · 2020-11-24 07:47:12Z

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Try this xpath:

driver.find_element_by_xpath("//span[text()='Next']//parent::button")

answered Nov 24, 2020 at 7:35

frianH

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what you just shared locates the span and not the button which results in is not clickable.