How to access a specific child div using xpath? (Selenium Java)

Question

I have the following html code:

<div class="panel">
    <div class = "heading">
        <span class="wName">Name</span>
        <div class="foo1" style="display: none;"></div>
        <div class="foo2" style="display: none;"></div>
    </div>
</div>

I already located element panel and I'm trying to test when foo2 doesn't appear with the following line of code:

if (panel.findElement(By.xpath("../div[@class='foo2']")).getCssValue("display").equals("none"))

I'm not sure why this won't retrieve the element properly.

SiKing · Accepted Answer · 2014-10-16 20:56:32Z

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Your XPath is wrong! .. means "parent of". Single dot . would mean relative to current location.

Try: panel.findElement(By.xpath(".//div[@class='foo2']")

edited Oct 16, 2014 at 20:56

answered Oct 16, 2014 at 20:44

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ddavison Over a year ago

alternatively, you can use the cleaner CSS solution. @OP. By.cssSelector("div.foo2")

SiKing Over a year ago

@sircapsalot If we are going after "clean", then I think By.className("foo2") wins out.

ddavison Over a year ago

or of course we can go the "less clean" route. By.cssSelector("div[class~='panel']>div[class~='heading']>div[class]:nth-child(3)") ;)

VGR Over a year ago

Actually, since the div of interest isn't a direct child of the panel, the XPath needs to be .//div[@class='foo2'], or ./div/div[@class='foo2'], or ./*/div[@class='foo2'], etc.

phantom · Accepted Answer · 2014-10-17 00:18:58Z

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How about you use descendant

panel.findElement(By.xpath("//div[@class='panel']/descendant::div[@class='foo2']"));

Source http://www.caucho.com/resin-3.1/doc/xpath.xtp#descendant

answered Oct 17, 2014 at 0:18

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