findElement by xpath in Selenium Java - Interactive Code Practice

Practice - 5 Tasks

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easy

Complete the code to find an element by XPath using Selenium WebDriver.

Selenium Java

WebElement element = driver.findElement(By.[1]("//button[@id='submit']"));

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Axpath

BcssSelector

Cid

Dname

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3 left

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Common Mistakes

Using By.id or By.name instead of By.xpath for XPath expressions.

Using By.cssSelector when the locator is an XPath.

The findElement method uses By.xpath to locate elements by XPath expressions.

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medium

Complete the code to find an element by XPath that selects an input with a specific placeholder.

Selenium Java

WebElement input = driver.findElement(By.[1]("//input[@placeholder='Search']"));

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Axpath

Bid

CclassName

DtagName

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Common Mistakes

Using By.id or By.className when the locator is XPath.

Trying to use By.tagName for attribute-based selection.

XPath is used to locate elements by attributes like placeholder.

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hard

Fix the error in the code to correctly find a button with text 'Submit' using XPath.

Selenium Java

WebElement button = driver.findElement(By.[1]("//button[text()='Submit']"));

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AlinkText

BcssSelector

Cxpath

DpartialLinkText

Attempts:

3 left

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Common Mistakes

Using By.cssSelector which cannot select by text content.

Using By.linkText or By.partialLinkText for buttons.

To find an element by its text content, XPath with By.xpath is required.

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hard

Fill both blanks to find a div element with class 'container' and attribute 'data-id' equal to '123'.

Selenium Java

WebElement div = driver.findElement(By.[1]("//div[@class=[2] and @data-id='123']"));

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Axpath

B"container"

C"container-fluid"

DcssSelector

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3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using By.cssSelector with XPath syntax.

Not quoting the class attribute value in XPath.

The locator uses XPath to find a div with specific class and attribute values. The class value must be quoted as a string.

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hard

Fill all three blanks to find all list items with class 'active' inside an unordered list with id 'menu'.

Selenium Java

List<WebElement> items = driver.findElements(By.[1]("//ul[@id=[2]]/li[@class=[3]]"));

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Axpath

B"menu"

C"active"

DcssSelector

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using By.cssSelector with XPath syntax.

Not quoting attribute values in XPath expression.

This code uses XPath to find all li elements with class active inside a ul with id menu. The attribute values must be quoted strings.