How to select nth child of element using Xpath with Selenium WebDriver. JAVA

Question

I have the following HTML code:

<div class="t2-selector">  
    <div>  
        <div class="inactive">USA</div>  
        <div class="inactive">Google</div>  
        <div class="inactive">Microsoft</div>  
        <div class="inactive">Apple</div>
    </div>
    <div>
        <div class="">Europe</div>
        <div class="selected">BT</div>
    </div>
    <div>
        <div class="">Indices</div>
        <div>Vodafone</div>
        <div>Renault</div>
    </div>
    <div>
        <div class="">Currencies</div>
        <div>EUR/USD</div>
        <div>GBP/USD</div>
        <div>USD/JPY</div>
        <div>USD/CHF</div>
        <div>AUD/USD</div>
        <div>USD/CAD</div>
   </div>

I can select a group by Xpath xpath = "//div[contains(text(),'Currencies')]"
What I need is to select a child in Currencies list by it's number.
I need something like CSS div:nth-child(2) but I can't use CSS here since CSS doesn't really support selecting an element by text.
So is there nth-child analog for Xpath?

I'm not sure why you are not using classes? And what are you planning to do with the selected element? Assuming you want to do styling [as you added the css tag] and didn't just add the empty class tag for fun couldn't this be a more simple solution? — Clemens Himmer
– Clemens Himmer, Commented Jan 12, 2016 at 8:56
I do not, i just realize i didn't even really look at the tags, i am sorry! I guess this technology requiers xpath selectors, not css ones. You simply added the css tag for reference to the nth-child selector then i assume? — Clemens Himmer
– Clemens Himmer, Commented Jan 12, 2016 at 13:59
Selenium WebDriver is used for automation web testings. In the code above you can see no classes, they used for inactive indication only. So I need the Xpath or CSS expression to select the desired element and click on it, maybe extract it's attribute, never changing it. And as about the CSS tag I used - you are right, it is because I was looking for nth-child analog. — Prophet
– Prophet, Commented Jan 12, 2016 at 14:24

StrikerVillain · Accepted Answer · 2016-01-12 08:48:51Z

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You can use

//div[contains(text(),'Currencies')]/following-sibling::div[1]

Please note that the index starts from 1 not 0.

Check the following link : http://www.w3schools.com/xsl/xpath_axes.asp

answered Jan 12, 2016 at 8:48

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Avisek Chakraborty · Accepted Answer · 2023-07-03 12:33:43Z

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Using descendant -

//div[contains(text(),'Currencies')]/descendant::div[2]

answered Jul 3, 2023 at 12:33

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