XPath with text() in Selenium Java - Test Execution Trace

Test Overview

This test opens a web page, finds a button using XPath that matches its visible text, clicks it, and verifies the expected result appears on the page.

Test Code - JUnit with Selenium WebDriver

Selenium Java

import org.openqa.selenium.By;
import org.openqa.selenium.WebDriver;
import org.openqa.selenium.WebElement;
import org.openqa.selenium.chrome.ChromeDriver;
import org.junit.jupiter.api.AfterEach;
import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeEach;
import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;

public class XPathTextTest {
    private WebDriver driver;

    @BeforeEach
    public void setUp() {
        driver = new ChromeDriver();
    }

    @Test
    public void testClickButtonByText() {
        driver.get("https://example.com/testpage");
        WebElement button = driver.findElement(By.xpath("//button[text()='Click Me']"));
        button.click();
        WebElement message = driver.findElement(By.id("result-message"));
        assertEquals("Button clicked!", message.getText());
    }

    @AfterEach
    public void tearDown() {
        if (driver != null) {
            driver.quit();
        }
    }
}

Execution Trace - 8 Steps

Step	Action	System State	Assertion	Result
1	Test starts	Test framework initializes ChromeDriver	-	PASS
2	Browser opens	Chrome browser window opens	-	PASS
3	Navigates to https://example.com/testpage	Page loads with a button labeled 'Click Me'	Page title or URL can be checked (not shown here)	PASS
4	Finds button element using XPath //button[text()='Click Me']	Button element with exact text 'Click Me' is located	Element is found and not null	PASS
5	Clicks the button	Button click triggers page update	-	PASS
6	Finds element with id 'result-message'	Element showing result message is present	Element is found and not null	PASS
7	Checks that the text of 'result-message' is 'Button clicked!'	Text content matches expected string	assertEquals("Button clicked!", message.getText())	PASS
8	Test ends and browser closes	Browser window closes, driver quits	-	PASS

Failure Scenario

Failing Condition: The button with text 'Click Me' is not found on the page

Execution Trace Quiz - 3 Questions

Which XPath expression is used to find a button by its visible text?

A //button[text()='Click Me']

B //button[@id='Click Me']

C //button[contains(@class, 'Click Me')]

D //button[text()='Submit']

Key Result

Using XPath with text() lets you find elements by their visible text, which is helpful when IDs or classes are not available or dynamic.