Absolute vs relative XPath in Selenium Java - Interactive Practice

Practice - 5 Tasks

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easy

Complete the code to find an element using an absolute XPath.

Selenium Java

WebElement element = driver.findElement(By.xpath("[1]"));

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A"/html/body/div[1]/div[2]/button"

B"//button[@id='submit']"

C".//div[@class='container']"

D"//*[@class='btn']"

Attempts:

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💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using relative XPath when absolute is required.

Starting XPath with '//' for absolute path.

An absolute XPath starts from the root node and follows the full path.

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medium

Complete the code to find an element using a relative XPath.

Selenium Java

WebElement element = driver.findElement(By.xpath("[1]"));

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A"//button[@id='submit']"

B"/html/body//button"

C"/html/body/div[1]/div[2]/button"

D"/html//div/button"

Attempts:

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💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using absolute XPath when relative is better.

Missing the double slashes at the start.

A relative XPath starts with '//' and finds elements anywhere in the document.

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hard

Fix the error in the XPath to correctly select the button with id 'login'.

Selenium Java

WebElement loginButton = driver.findElement(By.xpath("[1]"));

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A"//button[id='login']"

B"/button[@id='login']"

C"button[@id='login']"

D"//button[@id='login']"

Attempts:

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Common Mistakes

Using single slash '/' which looks only at direct children.

Missing '@' before attribute name.

Using 'id' without '@'.

The correct XPath uses '//' to search anywhere and '@' to specify attribute.

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hard

Fill both blanks to create a relative XPath that selects all div elements with class 'content'.

Selenium Java

List<WebElement> divs = driver.findElements(By.xpath("[1][@class=[2]]"));

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A"//div"

B"content"

C"'content'"

D"div"

Attempts:

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Common Mistakes

Not quoting the attribute value.

Using single slash '/' instead of '//'.

The XPath selects all div elements (//div) with class attribute equal to 'content' ([@class='content']).

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hard

Fill all three blanks to create an XPath that selects input elements with type 'text' inside a form with id 'searchForm'.

Selenium Java

WebElement input = driver.findElement(By.xpath("[1][@id=[2]]//[3][@type='text']"));

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A"//form"

B"'searchForm'"

C"input"

D"form"

Attempts:

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💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using single slash '/' instead of '//' for relative paths.

Not quoting attribute values.

Using wrong element names.

The XPath selects a form element with id 'searchForm' and then finds input elements with type 'text' inside it.