XPath with text() in Selenium Java - Interactive Code Practice

Practice - 5 Tasks

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easy

Complete the code to locate a button with exact text 'Submit'.

Selenium Java

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

Drag options to blanks, or click blank then click option'

A'Submit'

B"Submit"

CSubmit

D"'Submit'"

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using double quotes inside double quotes without escaping causes syntax errors.

Not quoting the text value causes XPath to fail.

In XPath, text() must be compared to a string literal enclosed in single quotes inside the double quotes of Java string.

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medium

Complete the XPath to find a link (<a>) element containing the text 'Learn More'.

Selenium Java

WebElement link = driver.findElement(By.xpath("//a[contains(text(), [1])]"));

Drag options to blanks, or click blank then click option'

A'Learn More'

BLearn More

C"'Learn More'"

D"Learn More"

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using unquoted text inside contains() causes XPath errors.

Using double quotes inside double quotes without escaping causes syntax errors.

XPath string literals inside Java strings should be enclosed in single quotes for correct syntax.

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hard

Fix the error in the XPath to select a div with text exactly 'Welcome'.

Selenium Java

WebElement div = driver.findElement(By.xpath("//div[text()=[1]]"));

Drag options to blanks, or click blank then click option'

A"'Welcome'"

B'Welcome'

CWelcome

D"Welcome"

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using unquoted text causes XPath syntax errors.

Using double quotes inside double quotes without escaping causes Java string errors.

The XPath text() function requires the text to be enclosed in single quotes inside the Java string.

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hard

Fill both blanks to locate a span element containing text 'Error' and having class 'alert'.

Selenium Java

WebElement alertSpan = driver.findElement(By.xpath("//span[contains(text(), [1]) and contains(@class, [2])]"));

Drag options to blanks, or click blank then click option'

A'Error'

B"Error"

C'alert'

D"alert"

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using double quotes inside double quotes without escaping causes syntax errors.

Not quoting the attribute or text value causes XPath to fail.

XPath string literals should be enclosed in single quotes inside the Java string. So use single quotes for both text() and @class values.

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hard

Fill all three blanks to find a button with exact text 'Cancel', visible, and with id 'btnCancel'.

Selenium Java

WebElement cancelBtn = driver.findElement(By.xpath("//button[text()=[1] and @id=[2] and not(contains(@style, [3]))]"));

Drag options to blanks, or click blank then click option'

A'Cancel'

B'btnCancel'

C'display:none'

D"Cancel"

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using double quotes inside double quotes without escaping.

Not quoting string literals properly.

Missing the visibility check causes hidden elements to be selected.

Use single quotes inside XPath string literals for text and attribute values. The style check uses 'display:none' to exclude hidden elements.