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han
Contributor
12 years ago
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xPath on text

Having problem using the text of the html element to grep on in an EvaluateXPath. I have tried the following (and they work in Chrome Developer Tools ): //*[text()='Text'] /...
  • HKosova's avatar
    HKosova
    12 years ago

    Hi Håkan,



    I've reproduced the issue and filed a bug report for the developers to look into. Thanks for bringing this to our attention.



    As a workaround, you can use the Page.FindChild, Page.FindAllChildren or Page.NativeWebObject.Find method for the search. For example, instead of the //*[text()='Text'] XPath search, you can use page.FindAllChildren("contentText", "*Text*", 100).



    However, if you need a patch for this, please open a support ticket and refer to this thread.

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HKosova
SmartBear Alumni (Retired)

Hi Håkan,



I've reproduced the issue and filed a bug report for the developers to look into. Thanks for bringing this to our attention.



As a workaround, you can use the Page.FindChild, Page.FindAllChildren or Page.NativeWebObject.Find method for the search. For example, instead of the //*[text()='Text'] XPath search, you can use page.FindAllChildren("contentText", "*Text*", 100).



However, if you need a patch for this, please open a support ticket and refer to this thread.

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william_roe
Super Contributor
9 years ago

Has this been fixed or does the workaround still need to be used?

  • HKosova's avatar
    HKosova
    SmartBear Alumni (Retired)
    9 years ago

    Hi william_roe,

     

    This specific bug (XPath text search worked in Internet Explorer but not in Chrome/Firefox) was fixed in TestComplete 9.20 back in 2012.

     

    If you're having problems with XPath, please post a code example, your browser version and TestComplete version, and we'll look into it.

    • hhagay's avatar
      hhagay
      Contributor
      8 years ago

       

      Any idea when will this fix include Chrome and Firefox? It is still not supporting them.

       

      Thank you

       

      • HKosova's avatar
        HKosova
        SmartBear Alumni (Retired)
        8 years ago

        Hi hhagay,

         

        The OP's issue was fixed in TestComplete 9.20, and the fix included both Chrome and Firefox. Your issue might be different. Could you please post a code example that shows the issue (preferably using a public page such as https://smartbear.com/), and also your TestComplete version and browser version?