How to create XPath for the Link which precede the conditional span class

[unni]

I want to click the link (anchor tag) from the below grow-able list for YES class. How do create XPath for the same. 

I want to click the link from //li/div/h2/a/span[contains(text(), 'YES')] as I could see 'YES'

I tried self and preceding, //li/div/h2/self::a/span[contains(text(), 'YES')] but does not worked. 

<li>

<div>

<h2>

<a href="">Dynamic Link X</a>

</h2>

<span class="dynamic">YES</span>

</div>

</li>

<li>

<div>

<h2>

<a href="">Dynamic Link Z</a>

</h2>

<span class="dynamic">NO</span>

</div>

</li>

[Sean Adkinson]

This question isn't about webdriver, but I'll see if I can help.

You <span> is not in your <a>, so  //li/div/h2/a/span[contains(text(), 'YES')] won't match anything.  Assuming the HTML you posted is correct, I would try something like this:

/li/div[./span[contains(text(), 'YES')]]/h2/a

OR

/li/div/span[contains(text(), 'YES')]/../h2/a

The first solution filters on <div>s that have a "YES" span.  The second finds the "YES" span, and travels up to the parent and down to the <a>.

-Sean

[unni]

Thanks Sean for the reply. 

Both the approaches are not working. with 'YES' its clicking first link but to debug I changed to 'NO' with expectation of second link to get open.Still it clicked the first link.

Think of the UL has many link (I just portrayed 2 LI), The Link contains YES may appear anywhere under UL.So the listing is dynamic. I wanted to click first link that has 'YES' in it. likewise for 'NO'.

I think we should use preceding, forwarding,dependent, ancestor, self  some sort of this to find the correct span and click specific link.

Please provide your thoughts/help.

[Øystein]

Hi!

 

The xpath to the span with the text is //span[Text()=’YES’]

 

The xpath to the a is: div/h2/a

 

Now put it together: //div[span[Text()=’YES]/h2/a

 

That basically it translates to: Find all the divs with the text = to YES. Then finds the ‘h2’ tag and then the ‘a’ tag

 

You say the list can grow. So if there are more links with Yes I would handle that in code instead of using xpath.  I never use Text() in my xpaths. I always use the IWebElement Text property instead. I find it much more reliable. But that’s just meJ

 

A tip for experimenting with xpath is to use the firebug addon firepath. (it is not updated anymore but still a excellent tool to use for xpath etc) I use it daily in my work.

 

Let me know if you are stuck.

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[unni]

Thank you Austin, It worked.