Webdriver xpath is not working
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Hari
Jul 8, 2012, 4:44:10 AM7/8/12
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Hi,
I having the scenario of expanding the tree.
In selenium RC with IE and FF , its working fine
Selenium RC
selenium.click("xpath=//x:html/x:body/x:table/x:tbody/x:tr[1]/x:td/x:nobr/x:a[1]");
But in the Webdriver its not working for both IE and FF
Selenium Webdriver
driver.findElement(By.xpath("/x:html/x:body/x:table/x:tbody/x:tr[1]/x:td/x:nobr/x:a[1]")).click();
ERROR
org.openqa.selenium.InvalidSelectorException: The given selector /x:html/x:body/x:table/x:tbody/x:tr[1]/x:td/x:nobr/x:a[1] is either invalid or does not result in a WebElement. The following error occurred:
[InvalidSelectorError] Unable to locate an element with the xpath expression /x:html/x:body/x:table/x:tbody/x:tr[1]/x:td/x:nobr/x:a[1]
Regards,
Hari
Peter Gale
Jul 8, 2012, 5:05:02 AM7/8/12
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Try it with the "x:"'s omitted.
What are they for, I've not seen them before ... are they Selenium IDE notation rather than Xpath?
It's also very brittle Xpath so if you provide a full sample of the html someone might suggest a better XPath.
Sounds like you need to do a basic Xpath tutorial too, rather than just relying on record and playback type tools.
Date: Sun, 8 Jul 2012 14:14:10 +0530
Subject: [selenium-users] Webdriver xpath is not working
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What are they for, I've not seen them before ... are they Selenium IDE notation rather than Xpath?
It's also very brittle Xpath so if you provide a full sample of the html someone might suggest a better XPath.
Sounds like you need to do a basic Xpath tutorial too, rather than just relying on record and playback type tools.
Date: Sun, 8 Jul 2012 14:14:10 +0530
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Mark Collin
Jul 8, 2012, 5:30:01 AM7/8/12
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You’ll need to show us the XML.
My initial observation is that you are starting the Selenium xpath with // and the WebDriver one with / which could be why the WebDriver one is failing (that being said <html> is normally a root element so I would expect it to work assuming this is xhtml).
Secondly as peter mentions this is a very brittle XPath if you are testing a website, if you are testing an XML file which has been properly defined this is the recommended way to use XPath. I’m guessing you are actually using xhtml though.
@Peter
Those are XML namespaces, they are not usually used in web pages, the default namespace is an empty string which is what is normally used by everybody. Multiple namespaces can become a real pain in the arse (in my opinion from a testing point of view), especially when you don’t know in advance what all the namespaces are going to be.
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Peter Gale
Jul 8, 2012, 5:51:15 AM7/8/12
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Ah, yes! namespaces ... we touched on them on our 3 day introductory course to all things XML ... think I blinked when they were mentioned and never did quite get the idea of them ... never seen them in use anywhere (yet) though, thankfully! :)
Thanks Mark
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Date: Sun, 8 Jul 2012 10:30:01 +0100
Thanks Mark
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Subject: RE: [selenium-users] Webdriver xpath is not working
Date: Sun, 8 Jul 2012 10:30:01 +0100
Hari
Jul 9, 2012, 2:40:10 AM7/9/12
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@Peter
Tried without using x: Still facing the issue
@mark below is code
<html>
<head>
<body onload="parent.update_view();">
<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>
<nobr>
<a href="javascript:parent.update_tree(":", "expand");">
<img border="0" align="top" alt="Collapse tree view for node." src="images/treeglyphs/0011.gif"/>
</a>
<a href="javascript:parent.update_tree(":", "select");">
<a class="selectedTreeText" href="javascript:parent.update_tree(":", "select");"> Node</a>
</nobr>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<tr>
<tr>
<tr>
<tr>
<tr>
<tr>
<tr>
<tr>
<tr>
<tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<script language="javascript"> parent.selectedDepth = 0 ; </script>
</body>
</html>
Thanks & Regards
Hari
Tried without using x: Still facing the issue
@mark below is code
<html>
<head>
<body onload="parent.update_view();">
<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>
<nobr>
<a href="javascript:parent.update_tree(":", "expand");">
<img border="0" align="top" alt="Collapse tree view for node." src="images/treeglyphs/0011.gif"/>
</a>
<a href="javascript:parent.update_tree(":", "select");">
<a class="selectedTreeText" href="javascript:parent.update_tree(":", "select");"> Node</a>
</nobr>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<tr>
<tr>
<tr>
<tr>
<tr>
<tr>
<tr>
<tr>
<tr>
<tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<script language="javascript"> parent.selectedDepth = 0 ; </script>
</body>
</html>
Thanks & Regards
Hari
Reshma Bhanu
Jul 9, 2012, 2:49:48 AM7/9/12
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i hope,xpath should start with double slash, "//"
try with //
Hari
Jul 9, 2012, 3:22:45 AM7/9/12
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We have been tried with the double slash // and single slash / . we are facing the same issue. can anybody help to getting the xpath value
Peter Gale
Jul 9, 2012, 3:50:02 AM7/9/12
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I can't see any indication of namespaces in that html, so I'm still not sure what the necessity for the "x:" is, unless there's something more you're not showing us.
Also, I don't think you need the "[1]" after the "tr" and "a" elements, I usually have to leave this off to avoid my tests failing. I'm not sure what the standard says about the use of [1] to identify the first element in a group.
Lastly, I'd point out that there is an opening "head" tag but not a closing one, but I don't think that should cause the error you mention.
Date: Mon, 9 Jul 2012 12:10:10 +0530
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Also, I don't think you need the "[1]" after the "tr" and "a" elements, I usually have to leave this off to avoid my tests failing. I'm not sure what the standard says about the use of [1] to identify the first element in a group.
Lastly, I'd point out that there is an opening "head" tag but not a closing one, but I don't think that should cause the error you mention.
Date: Mon, 9 Jul 2012 12:10:10 +0530
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Mark Collin
Jul 9, 2012, 4:02:34 AM7/9/12
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You are missing the line(s) above the <html> element where the namespace would be defined.
If the page previously had namespaces and now no longer has then that would cause your xpath to break, but I would expect it to break across the board if this was the case.
Secondly, the <head> tag is not closed so body is now a child of head, not of html (this will break your xpath)
The rest look slike it should work.
Abhinav Vaid
Jul 9, 2012, 5:29:56 AM7/9/12
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Yes, Xpath is very brittle.
Anyways, try without 'x's in web driver or if possible save that test page as HTML and attach it with this thread. I can look at it after that.
Regards
Abhinav
Hari
Jul 9, 2012, 5:37:20 AM7/9/12
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Hi
I have attached the htlm souce page, Firebug info and screen shot what we are doing.
We tried with the following xpath's. We faced the issue
driver.findElement(By.xpath("/html/body/table/tbody/tr[1]/td/nobr/a[1]")).click();
driver.findElement(By.xpath("//html/body/table/tbody/tr[1]/td/nobr/a[1]")).click();
driver.findElement(By.xpath("x:html/x:body/x:table/x:tbody/x:tr[1]/x:td/x:nobr/x:a[1]")).click();
I have attached the htlm souce page, Firebug info and screen shot what we are doing.
We tried with the following xpath's. We faced the issue
driver.findElement(By.xpath("/html/body/table/tbody/tr[1]/td/nobr/a[1]")).click();
driver.findElement(By.xpath("//html/body/table/tbody/tr[1]/td/nobr/a[1]")).click();
driver.findElement(By.xpath("x:html/x:body/x:table/x:tbody/x:tr[1]/x:td/x:nobr/x:a[1]")).click();
driver.findElement(By.xpath("/x:html/x:body/x:table/x:tbody/x:tr[1]/x:td/x:nobr/x:a[1]")).click();
driver.findElement(By.xpath("//x:html/x:body/x:table/x:tbody/x:tr[1]/x:td/x:nobr/x:a[1]")).click();
ERROR
org.openqa.selenium.NoSuchElementException: Unable to locate element: {"method":"xpath","selector":"//html/body/table/tbody/tr[1]/td/nobr/a[1]"}
Command duration or timeout: 30.05 seconds
For documentation on this error, please visit: http://seleniumhq.org/exceptions/no_such_element.html
Build info: version: '2.22.0', revision: '17049', time: '2012-05-29 13:32:46'
System info: os.name: 'Windows XP', os.arch: 'x86', os.version: '5.1', java.version: '1.6.0_22'
Driver info: driver.version: RemoteWebDriver
Session ID: 3a5a376c-7e6c-4b89-8a5a-24f6e050eb15
at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(Unknown Source)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Unknown Source)
at org.openqa.selenium.remote.ErrorHandler.createThrowable(ErrorHandler.java:188)
at org.openqa.selenium.remote.ErrorHandler.throwIfResponseFailed(ErrorHandler.java:145)
at org.openqa.selenium.remote.RemoteWebDriver.execute(RemoteWebDriver.java:458)
at org.openqa.selenium.remote.RemoteWebDriver.findElement(RemoteWebDriver.java:226)
at org.openqa.selenium.remote.RemoteWebDriver.findElementByXPath(RemoteWebDriver.java:311)
at org.openqa.selenium.By$ByXPath.findElement(By.java:343)
at org.openqa.selenium.remote.RemoteWebDriver.findElement(RemoteWebDriver.java:218)
at com.ibi.idp.test.One1.testOne1(One1.java:30)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source)
at org.junit.runners.model.FrameworkMethod$1.runReflectiveCall(FrameworkMethod.java:45)
at org.junit.internal.runners.model.ReflectiveCallable.run(ReflectiveCallable.java:15)
at org.junit.runners.model.FrameworkMethod.invokeExplosively(FrameworkMethod.java:42)
at org.junit.internal.runners.statements.InvokeMethod.evaluate(InvokeMethod.java:20)
at org.junit.internal.runners.statements.RunBefores.evaluate(RunBefores.java:28)
at org.junit.internal.runners.statements.RunAfters.evaluate(RunAfters.java:30)
at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner.runLeaf(ParentRunner.java:263)
at org.junit.runners.BlockJUnit4ClassRunner.runChild(BlockJUnit4ClassRunner.java:68)
at org.junit.runners.BlockJUnit4ClassRunner.runChild(BlockJUnit4ClassRunner.java:47)
at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner$3.run(ParentRunner.java:231)
at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner$1.schedule(ParentRunner.java:60)
at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner.runChildren(ParentRunner.java:229)
at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner.access$000(ParentRunner.java:50)
at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner$2.evaluate(ParentRunner.java:222)
at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner.run(ParentRunner.java:300)
at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.junit4.runner.JUnit4TestReference.run(JUnit4TestReference.java:49)
at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.junit.runner.TestExecution.run(TestExecution.java:38)
at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.junit.runner.RemoteTestRunner.runTests(RemoteTestRunner.java:467)
at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.junit.runner.RemoteTestRunner.runTests(RemoteTestRunner.java:683)
at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.junit.runner.RemoteTestRunner.run(RemoteTestRunner.java:390)
at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.junit.runner.RemoteTestRunner.main(RemoteTestRunner.java:197)
Caused by: org.openqa.selenium.remote.ErrorHandler$UnknownServerException: Unable to locate element: {"method":"xpath","selector":"//html/body/table/tbody/tr[1]/td/nobr/a[1]"}
Build info: version: '2.22.0', revision: '17049', time: '2012-05-29 13:32:46'
System info: os.name: 'Windows XP', os.arch: 'x86', os.version: '5.1', java.version: '1.6.0_22'
Driver info: driver.version: unknown
at <anonymous class>.<anonymous method>(file:///C:/DOCUME~1/axtst079/LOCALS~1/Temp/anonymous8615889763516435965webdriver-profile/extensions/fxdr...@googlecode.com/components/driver_component.js:6564)
at <anonymous class>.<anonymous method>(file:///C:/DOCUME~1/axtst079/LOCALS~1/Temp/anonymous8615889763516435965webdriver-profile/extensions/fxdr...@googlecode.com/components/driver_component.js:471)
ERROR
org.openqa.selenium.NoSuchElementException: Unable to locate element: {"method":"xpath","selector":"//html/body/table/tbody/tr[1]/td/nobr/a[1]"}
Command duration or timeout: 30.05 seconds
For documentation on this error, please visit: http://seleniumhq.org/exceptions/no_such_element.html
Build info: version: '2.22.0', revision: '17049', time: '2012-05-29 13:32:46'
System info: os.name: 'Windows XP', os.arch: 'x86', os.version: '5.1', java.version: '1.6.0_22'
Driver info: driver.version: RemoteWebDriver
Session ID: 3a5a376c-7e6c-4b89-8a5a-24f6e050eb15
at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(Unknown Source)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Unknown Source)
at org.openqa.selenium.remote.ErrorHandler.createThrowable(ErrorHandler.java:188)
at org.openqa.selenium.remote.ErrorHandler.throwIfResponseFailed(ErrorHandler.java:145)
at org.openqa.selenium.remote.RemoteWebDriver.execute(RemoteWebDriver.java:458)
at org.openqa.selenium.remote.RemoteWebDriver.findElement(RemoteWebDriver.java:226)
at org.openqa.selenium.remote.RemoteWebDriver.findElementByXPath(RemoteWebDriver.java:311)
at org.openqa.selenium.By$ByXPath.findElement(By.java:343)
at org.openqa.selenium.remote.RemoteWebDriver.findElement(RemoteWebDriver.java:218)
at com.ibi.idp.test.One1.testOne1(One1.java:30)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source)
at org.junit.runners.model.FrameworkMethod$1.runReflectiveCall(FrameworkMethod.java:45)
at org.junit.internal.runners.model.ReflectiveCallable.run(ReflectiveCallable.java:15)
at org.junit.runners.model.FrameworkMethod.invokeExplosively(FrameworkMethod.java:42)
at org.junit.internal.runners.statements.InvokeMethod.evaluate(InvokeMethod.java:20)
at org.junit.internal.runners.statements.RunBefores.evaluate(RunBefores.java:28)
at org.junit.internal.runners.statements.RunAfters.evaluate(RunAfters.java:30)
at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner.runLeaf(ParentRunner.java:263)
at org.junit.runners.BlockJUnit4ClassRunner.runChild(BlockJUnit4ClassRunner.java:68)
at org.junit.runners.BlockJUnit4ClassRunner.runChild(BlockJUnit4ClassRunner.java:47)
at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner$3.run(ParentRunner.java:231)
at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner$1.schedule(ParentRunner.java:60)
at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner.runChildren(ParentRunner.java:229)
at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner.access$000(ParentRunner.java:50)
at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner$2.evaluate(ParentRunner.java:222)
at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner.run(ParentRunner.java:300)
at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.junit4.runner.JUnit4TestReference.run(JUnit4TestReference.java:49)
at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.junit.runner.TestExecution.run(TestExecution.java:38)
at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.junit.runner.RemoteTestRunner.runTests(RemoteTestRunner.java:467)
at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.junit.runner.RemoteTestRunner.runTests(RemoteTestRunner.java:683)
at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.junit.runner.RemoteTestRunner.run(RemoteTestRunner.java:390)
at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.junit.runner.RemoteTestRunner.main(RemoteTestRunner.java:197)
Caused by: org.openqa.selenium.remote.ErrorHandler$UnknownServerException: Unable to locate element: {"method":"xpath","selector":"//html/body/table/tbody/tr[1]/td/nobr/a[1]"}
Build info: version: '2.22.0', revision: '17049', time: '2012-05-29 13:32:46'
System info: os.name: 'Windows XP', os.arch: 'x86', os.version: '5.1', java.version: '1.6.0_22'
Driver info: driver.version: unknown
at <anonymous class>.<anonymous method>(file:///C:/DOCUME~1/axtst079/LOCALS~1/Temp/anonymous8615889763516435965webdriver-profile/extensions/fxdr...@googlecode.com/components/driver_component.js:6564)
at <anonymous class>.<anonymous method>(file:///C:/DOCUME~1/axtst079/LOCALS~1/Temp/anonymous8615889763516435965webdriver-profile/extensions/fxdr...@googlecode.com/components/driver_component.js:471)
Regards,
Hari
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Peter Gale
Jul 9, 2012, 5:44:20 AM7/9/12
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Have you tried omitting the [1]'s as previously suggested?
Date: Mon, 9 Jul 2012 15:07:20 +0530
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Date: Mon, 9 Jul 2012 15:07:20 +0530
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Hari
Jul 9, 2012, 5:49:13 AM7/9/12
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yes peter i have tried without a[1]. Am using the a[1] to clicking the first tree.
In selenium RC working fine but in the Webdriver we are facing the issue
In selenium RC working fine but in the Webdriver we are facing the issue
Mark Collin
Jul 9, 2012, 5:50:03 AM7/9/12
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The html you have provided is a series of frames, are you switching to the correct frame before performing the findElement?
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Peter Gale
Jul 9, 2012, 5:58:10 AM7/9/12
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I can't see this in your list:
driver.findElement(By.xpath("/html/body/table/tbody/tr/td/nobr/a")).click();
Nor have you included the head element (which Mark pointed out would break your test) in any of your examples.
Date: Mon, 9 Jul 2012 15:19:13 +0530
driver.findElement(By.xpath("/html/body/table/tbody/tr/td/nobr/a")).click();
Nor have you included the head element (which Mark pointed out would break your test) in any of your examples.
Date: Mon, 9 Jul 2012 15:19:13 +0530
Hari
Jul 9, 2012, 6:38:38 AM7/9/12
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@Mark we are switching to the correct frame
@Peter we tried at below one what u gave. we facing the issue
driver.findElement(By.xpath("/html/body/table/tbody/tr/td/nobr/a")).click();
org.openqa.selenium.NoSuchElementException: Unable to locate element: {"method":"xpath","selector":"/html/body/table/tbody/tr/td/nobr/a"}
Command duration or timeout: 30.09 seconds
For documentation on this error, please visit: http://seleniumhq.org/exceptions/no_such_element.html
Build info: version: '2.22.0', revision: '17049', time: '2012-05-29 13:32:46'
Regards,
Hari
@Peter we tried at below one what u gave. we facing the issue
driver.findElement(By.xpath("/html/body/table/tbody/tr/td/nobr/a")).click();
org.openqa.selenium.NoSuchElementException: Unable to locate element: {"method":"xpath","selector":"/html/body/table/tbody/tr/td/nobr/a"}
Command duration or timeout: 30.09 seconds
For documentation on this error, please visit: http://seleniumhq.org/exceptions/no_such_element.html
Build info: version: '2.22.0', revision: '17049', time: '2012-05-29 13:32:46'
Hari
Mark Collin
Jul 9, 2012, 6:46:04 AM7/9/12
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Just before the line below can you add the following:
String htmlSource = driver.getPageSource();
System.out.println(htmlSource);
And show us what is printed in the console.
Mark Collin
Jul 9, 2012, 6:58:41 AM7/9/12
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That has returned a frameset page so the reason you are getting your error is because you have not switched to the frame that holds the table, hence Selenium cannot see the table.
Step through your code in a debugger to work out why the frame switch isn’t happening.
Ripon Al Wasim
Jul 9, 2012, 7:04:05 AM7/9/12
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Hello,
Your xpath syntax seems to be not OK. You should omit the "x:" portion everywhere. Pls try by the following xpath:
xpath=//html/body/table/tbody/tr[1]/td/nobr/a[1]
Ripon Al Wasim
Your xpath syntax seems to be not OK. You should omit the "x:" portion everywhere. Pls try by the following xpath:
xpath=//html/body/table/tbody/tr[1]/td/nobr/a[1]
Ripon Al Wasim
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Peter Gale
Jul 9, 2012, 7:05:03 AM7/9/12
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I'm not sure that helps! It's a bit of a needle in a haystack.
I can't see a single mention of an "nobr" tag in what you have provided, for example. The rest is too generic to see what element you're actually trying to point to - it could refer to almost any of the many iFrames on your page.
I'd suggest giving us all steps of the source code you use to interact with this page inlcluding the all the iframes you are switching through.
Date: Mon, 9 Jul 2012 16:23:05 +0530
I can't see a single mention of an "nobr" tag in what you have provided, for example. The rest is too generic to see what element you're actually trying to point to - it could refer to almost any of the many iFrames on your page.
I'd suggest giving us all steps of the source code you use to interact with this page inlcluding the all the iframes you are switching through.
Date: Mon, 9 Jul 2012 16:23:05 +0530
Mark Collin
Jul 9, 2012, 7:08:58 AM7/9/12
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Not if his HTML is using namespaces he shouldn’t. The x: part is perfectly valid if there is an x namespace configured.
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Hari
Jul 9, 2012, 9:06:46 AM7/9/12
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Hi,
@Mark
That has returned a frameset page so the reason you are getting your error is because you have not switched to the frame that holds the table, hence Selenium cannot see the table.
Your right Mark. But
Selenium RC identifying the element and working fine. why cant the selenium webDriver ?
Regards,
Hari
@Mark
That has returned a frameset page so the reason you are getting your error is because you have not switched to the frame that holds the table, hence Selenium cannot see the table.
Selenium RC identifying the element and working fine. why cant the selenium webDriver ?
Regards,
Hari
Mark Collin
Jul 9, 2012, 9:29:14 AM7/9/12
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No idea I haven’t seen your full Selenium RC code and your full WebDriver code so that I can compare them. The translation to WebDriver may not have gone as intended…
Hari
Jul 9, 2012, 9:47:54 AM7/9/12
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Hi Mark,
The below is my code for selenium RC its working fine and Web-driver also mentioned - facing error.
Selenium RC
import com.thoughtworks.selenium.*;
import org.junit.After;
import org.junit.Before;
import org.junit.Test;
public class Test1 extends SeleneseTestCase {
@Before
public void setUp() throws Exception {
selenium = new DefaultSelenium("localhost", 4444, "*iexplore", "http://192.168.128.212:8080");
selenium.start();
}
@Test
public void test1() throws Exception {
selenium.windowMaximize();
selenium.open("/iwae/index.html");
selenium.click("xpath=//x:html/x:body/x:table/x:tbody/x:tr[1]/x:td/x:nobr/x:a[1]");
}
@After
public void tearDown() throws Exception {
selenium.stop();
}
}
Selenium Webdriver:
import java.util.regex.Pattern;
import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
import org.junit.*;
import static org.junit.Assert.*;
import static org.hamcrest.CoreMatchers.*;
import org.openqa.selenium.*;
import org.openqa.selenium.firefox.FirefoxDriver;
import org.openqa.selenium.support.ui.Select;
public class One1 {
private WebDriver driver;
private String baseUrl;
private StringBuffer verificationErrors = new StringBuffer();
@Before
public void setUp() throws Exception {
driver = new FirefoxDriver();
baseUrl = "http://localhost:8080/";
driver.manage().timeouts().implicitlyWait(30, TimeUnit.SECONDS);
}
@Test
public void testOne1() throws Exception {
driver.get("http://192.168.128.212:8080/iwae/index.html");
//String htmlSource = driver.getPageSource();
//System.out.println(htmlSource);
driver.findElement(By.xpath("//html/body/table/tbody/tr[1]/td/nobr/a[1]")).click();
}
@After
public void tearDown() throws Exception {
driver.quit();
String verificationErrorString = verificationErrors.toString();
if (!"".equals(verificationErrorString)) {
fail(verificationErrorString);
}
}
private boolean isElementPresent(By by) {
try {
driver.findElement(by);
return true;
} catch (NoSuchElementException e) {
return false;
}
}
}
Regards,
Hari
The below is my code for selenium RC its working fine and Web-driver also mentioned - facing error.
Selenium RC
import com.thoughtworks.selenium.*;
import org.junit.After;
import org.junit.Before;
import org.junit.Test;
public class Test1 extends SeleneseTestCase {
@Before
public void setUp() throws Exception {
selenium = new DefaultSelenium("localhost", 4444, "*iexplore", "http://192.168.128.212:8080");
selenium.start();
}
@Test
public void test1() throws Exception {
selenium.windowMaximize();
selenium.open("/iwae/index.html");
selenium.click("xpath=//x:html/x:body/x:table/x:tbody/x:tr[1]/x:td/x:nobr/x:a[1]");
}
public void tearDown() throws Exception {
selenium.stop();
}
}
Selenium Webdriver:
import java.util.regex.Pattern;
import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
import org.junit.*;
import static org.junit.Assert.*;
import static org.hamcrest.CoreMatchers.*;
import org.openqa.selenium.*;
import org.openqa.selenium.firefox.FirefoxDriver;
import org.openqa.selenium.support.ui.Select;
public class One1 {
private WebDriver driver;
private String baseUrl;
private StringBuffer verificationErrors = new StringBuffer();
@Before
public void setUp() throws Exception {
driver = new FirefoxDriver();
baseUrl = "http://localhost:8080/";
driver.manage().timeouts().implicitlyWait(30, TimeUnit.SECONDS);
}
@Test
public void testOne1() throws Exception {
driver.get("http://192.168.128.212:8080/iwae/index.html");
//String htmlSource = driver.getPageSource();
//System.out.println(htmlSource);
driver.findElement(By.xpath("//html/body/table/tbody/tr[1]/td/nobr/a[1]")).click();
}
public void tearDown() throws Exception {
driver.quit();
String verificationErrorString = verificationErrors.toString();
if (!"".equals(verificationErrorString)) {
fail(verificationErrorString);
}
}
private boolean isElementPresent(By by) {
try {
driver.findElement(by);
return true;
} catch (NoSuchElementException e) {
return false;
}
}
}
Regards,
Hari
Peter Gale
Jul 9, 2012, 10:01:52 AM7/9/12
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Hari
Please can you check that you have sent us the right source code for the html page you are testing.
It doesn't contain any "nobr" tags that I can see, so the xpath you are trying will not work.
The Selenium RC code doesn't switch between iFrames, so I suspect that this is not the source code that your RC program gets.
I suspect that your two programs are actually pointing to two different URLs.
Date: Mon, 9 Jul 2012 19:17:54 +0530
Please can you check that you have sent us the right source code for the html page you are testing.
It doesn't contain any "nobr" tags that I can see, so the xpath you are trying will not work.
The Selenium RC code doesn't switch between iFrames, so I suspect that this is not the source code that your RC program gets.
I suspect that your two programs are actually pointing to two different URLs.
Date: Mon, 9 Jul 2012 19:17:54 +0530
Subject: Re: [selenium-users] Webdriver xpath is not working
Hari
Jul 9, 2012, 10:12:26 AM7/9/12
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Hi peter,
The source code which i have send is correc
am using http://192.168.128.212:8080/iwae/index.html that u can seeing both selenium RC and Selenium Webdriver.
Regards,
Hari
The source code which i have send is correc
am using http://192.168.128.212:8080/iwae/index.html that u can seeing both selenium RC and Selenium Webdriver.
Regards,
Hari
Peter Gale
Jul 9, 2012, 10:15:29 AM7/9/12
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Then please show me where the "nobr" tag you are looking for is in this source code
Date: Mon, 9 Jul 2012 19:42:26 +0530
Date: Mon, 9 Jul 2012 19:42:26 +0530
jeevan
Jul 9, 2012, 10:29:27 AM7/9/12
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Why can't you try:
//a/img[@alt='Collapse tree view.....']
Hope this will work...
Thanks,
Jeevan
//a/img[@alt='Collapse tree view.....']
Hope this will work...
Thanks,
Jeevan
Peter Gale
Jul 9, 2012, 10:34:08 AM7/9/12
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Now show me in in the text file you attached. I can''t get this file to open in firebug and a text search of the file doesn't find any instance of "nobr".
Also, Mark mentioned the iFrames, and you said that you are switching between them, but neither of your sets of code show a switch between iFrames, not does the Firebug screenshot.
Date: Mon, 9 Jul 2012 19:51:59 +0530
Also, Mark mentioned the iFrames, and you said that you are switching between them, but neither of your sets of code show a switch between iFrames, not does the Firebug screenshot.
Date: Mon, 9 Jul 2012 19:51:59 +0530
Peter Gale
Jul 9, 2012, 10:55:29 AM7/9/12
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Hari
If there is no nobr tag in the page source file then it is not part of the page itself and we cannot/will not be able to see it in our local machines. Perhaps it is part of an iFrame pointing at some other web page on your network, or relies on other simiilar access which we, and webdriver, does not have.
My DOM tree looks nothing like yours when I open this page, so what you are sending us must be incomplete in some way.
Date: Mon, 9 Jul 2012 20:16:47 +0530
If there is no nobr tag in the page source file then it is not part of the page itself and we cannot/will not be able to see it in our local machines. Perhaps it is part of an iFrame pointing at some other web page on your network, or relies on other simiilar access which we, and webdriver, does not have.
My DOM tree looks nothing like yours when I open this page, so what you are sending us must be incomplete in some way.
Date: Mon, 9 Jul 2012 20:16:47 +0530
Mark Collin
Jul 9, 2012, 11:14:05 AM7/9/12
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Firebug will automatically select the frame that holds the element that you examined. To the left of the XPath box there is a frame drop down that will let you select the other frames. If you select the parent frameset this XPath will no longer work.
Firebug is no doubt giving you a correct XPath for that frame, but you still haven’t selected the frame in your selenium test.
I would guess that Selenium RC may be performing some implicit frame selection for a frameset (I remember intermittent errors with Selenium RC and frames from many moons ago) that WebDriver does not. If this is the case you got lucky with the Selenium RC API (I would have also expected intermittent failures from that test), now you need to write the test properly when using the WebDriver API.
At the end of the day, you haven’t selected the frame, the fix is to select it.
Hari
Jul 9, 2012, 11:21:31 AM7/9/12
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Hi Peter/Mark
In My project many frames are integrated in a single page.
Please find the attached frame source code for the expand tree.
@Mark Yes mark your right. Is it possible to test using the web driver ?
Regards,
Hari
In My project many frames are integrated in a single page.
Please find the attached frame source code for the expand tree.
@Mark Yes mark your right. Is it possible to test using the web driver ?
Regards,
Hari
Mark Collin
Jul 9, 2012, 11:37:40 AM7/9/12
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Yes you need to switch to the frame:
WebElement theFrame = driver.findElement(By.id("<ID Of Correct Frame>"));
driver.switchTo().frame(theFrame);
Hari
Jul 13, 2012, 8:24:54 AM7/13/12
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Hi
@ Mark
Selenium Rc : Automatically finding the Frames and giving the values.
selenium.selectFrame("tree");
selenium.click("css=img[alt=\"Expand tree \"]");
Selenium Webdriver we have to declare the frames . It wont be automatically identify.
driver.findElement(By.cssSelector("img[alt=\"Expand tree .\"]")).click();
As per the Mark says. Working fine with the below code
WebElement theFrame = driver.findElement(By.name("tree"));
driver.switchTo().frame(theFrame);
driver.findElement(By.xpath("html/body/table/tbody/tr[1]/td/nobr/a[1]/img")).click();
Thank you Mark / Peter for suggestion .
Thanks & Regards,
Hari
@ Mark
Selenium Rc : Automatically finding the Frames and giving the values.
selenium.selectFrame("tree");
selenium.click("css=img[alt=\"Expand tree \"]");
Selenium Webdriver we have to declare the frames . It wont be automatically identify.
driver.findElement(By.cssSelector("img[alt=\"Expand tree .\"]")).click();
As per the Mark says. Working fine with the below code
WebElement theFrame = driver.findElement(By.name("tree"));
driver.switchTo().frame(theFrame);
driver.findElement(By.xpath("html/body/table/tbody/tr[1]/td/nobr/a[1]/img")).click();
Thank you Mark / Peter for suggestion .
Thanks & Regards,
Hari
deera sameera
Jul 6, 2014, 1:36:55 PM7/6/14
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Hi Hari,
Instead of absolute XPath use relative XPath.
i.e instead of xpath=//x:html/x:body/x:table/x:tbody/x:tr[1]/x:td/x:nobr/x:a[1] this XPATH
try with "//x:td/x:a[1]"
please let me know this is working or not
Thanks and Regards
Deeraj
Instead of absolute XPath use relative XPath.
i.e instead of xpath=//x:html/x:body/x:table/x:tbody/x:tr[1]/x:td/x:nobr/x:a[1] this XPATH
try with "//x:td/x:a[1]"
please let me know this is working or not
Thanks and Regards
Deeraj
Ripon Al Wasim
Jul 7, 2014, 4:09:43 AM7/7/14
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Please ignore x:. Try with the following:
xpath=//html/body/table/tbody/tr[1]/td/nobr/a[1]
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Harish Krishnan
Jul 7, 2014, 4:56:14 AM7/7/14
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Hi Ripon/Deeraj,
That issue i have faced in 13/07/2012. The issue is frames, I didnt switch to frame. After am switching its working fine.
Thanks Ripon/Deeraj for your suggestion.
Regards,
Harikrishnan
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Ripon Al Wasim
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OK, Thanks
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Frass
Jul 8, 2014, 9:18:51 AM7/8/14
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That xpath is way too complex moreover I recommend not to use xpath. I would advise you try and learn how to use css or id instead. If you have to write more than 2 levels then you are doing too much.
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