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miteshqtg
Occasional Contributor
3 years ago

is it possible to use wild card in Find Element

Aliases.browser.environment.Dynamics.FindElement("//div[@id='__105_0']//input") I am able to use object spy to find the element, however, every time this element is generated, the number in red, as s...
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TanyaYatskovska
SmartBear Alumni (Retired)
3 years ago

Hi miteshqtg,

 

You are right that you added '*'. It means that any text can be there. I think that you can simply use this:

"//div[@id='__*']"

This code should find all div elements with Id = __<something>.

 

From my understanding this search query is not very reliable. I would suggest that you try to find another parameter. Do you have any other stronger parameters that can identify your div or input elements?

 

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    miteshqtg
    Occasional Contributor
    3 years ago

    This did not work. I also tried the below and that did not work either

     

    "//div[@id='__*_*']"