Searching element By xpath return 'script' as tag name

[Vladimir Li]

driver.findElement(By.xpath("//div[contains(text(), 'text')]")).getTagName return script, what's the problem?

[Peter Gale]

Probably the first tag that it's finding is called script, probably one like this:

    <script type="text/javascript">

... near the top of your page.

You'll need to be more specific with your choice of XPath expression.

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Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2012 23:21:35 -0700
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Subject: [selenium-users] Searching element By xpath return 'script' as tag name

driver.findElement(By.xpath("//div[contains(text(), 'text')]")).getTagName return script, what's the problem?

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[Vladimir Li]

But, there's no div element inside script tag, why is it found

среда, 1 августа 2012 г., 13:46:07 UTC+6 пользователь PeterJef...@Hotmail.co.uk написал:

Probably the first tag that it's finding is called script, probably one like this:

    <script type="text/javascript">

... near the top of your page.

You'll need to be more specific with your choice of XPath expression.

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Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2012 23:21:35 -0700
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Subject: [selenium-users] Searching element By xpath return 'script' as tag name

driver.findElement(By.xpath("//div[contains(text(), 'text')]")).getTagName return script, what's the problem?

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[Peter Gale]

We can't tell anything unless you show us your full html.

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Date: Wed, 1 Aug 2012 00:50:44 -0700
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Subject: Re: [selenium-users] Searching element By xpath return 'script' as tag name

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[Stefan Teixeira]

I recommend you to use Firebug + Xpather (two Firefox addons) when developing Selenium tests.

You could put that xpath in Xpather, so you'll know the elements that refer to it.

2012/8/1 Vladimir Li <vladim...@gmail.com>

driver.findElement(By.xpath("//div[contains(text(), 'text')]")).getTagName return script, what's the problem?

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[anji prassana]

>>driver.findElement(By.xpath("//div[contains(text(), 'text')]")).getTagName

 

perhaps, You might have constructed the above xpath by looking into an element of your interest;exists at somewhere in your application. But, There might be a chance of having more than one element matches with your Xpath in the entire DOM Tree.So, Selenium will always returns the element that matches first.As stefan said in the earlier comment use Firepath or xpather add-ons to firefox and search your xpath to see which element(s) the xpath you have constructed being matched.So, correct your xpath so that it would match the element of your interest uniquely.

Also, if you are matching the 'div' element whose text is 'text'. Better, to refine your xpath as.

 driver.findElement(By.xpath("//div[text()='text'])).getTagName

 

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Anjaneyulu P

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