Xpath error locator not found

[GindSingh]

Hey

I am getting this error message when I am trying to click on a link.
I've tested this with firebug and the link will come up, also if I
use //li/a[text()="o=test8"], it will go to the node but I cant get
further to the sibling

[error] locator not found: //li/a[text()="o=test8"]/following-
sibling::span/child::a[@class="delete"]

Please help

[Mark Collin]

Are you sure it is a sibling and not a descendant?

Hey

Please help

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[Lutfi Dughman]

if you wanna go to the sibling use the "/../" which takes you up tot he parent and then you can go back down to sibling

 //li/a[text()="o=test8"]/../IMG[2]  <-- this example takes you to the second IMG sibling

[Mark Collin]

Following-sibling can accept an index as well, so this shouldn’t really be a problem.

 

I personally prefer following/previous-sibling to walking up and down the tree, it look cleaner and clearer in code IMHO