clue for xpath following?

[Chris McMahon]

Hi,

I have these lines in selenesse, and I've tried this in SeIDE also
with the same result:

| click | //input[@value='Edit']//following::span[.='desc'] |
| click | //input[@value='Edit'] |

Both lines show green in Fitnesse, so Se recognizes the element, but
only the line without the "following" actually clicks anything.

It's been some time since I've used xpath following, I wonder if
there's something I'm missing.

Thanks,
-Chris

[Marisa Seal]

As it is written, your xpath will select the span with innertext 'desc' that follows the input tag. I'm assuming that the span is the label for the input field you're trying to select, so I would think that label would precede the input. 

Try

//span[.='desc']//following::input[@value='Edit']

Also, XPath Checker is a handy tool that I use to test my xpath expressions: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/xpath-checker/

--
Marisa

[Chris McMahon]

Thanks!