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han's avatar
han
Contributor
13 years ago

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
    13 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.

HKosova's avatar
HKosova
SmartBear Alumni (Retired)
13 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.

  • william_roe's avatar
    william_roe
    Super Contributor
    10 years ago

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

    • HKosova's avatar
      HKosova
      SmartBear Alumni (Retired)
      10 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
        9 years ago

         

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

         

        Thank you