How can I use xpath in Selenium RC by using Java

Question

My application has the following snippet of code:

<form id="frmDepartmentCreation" name="frmDepartmentCreation" method="post" 
      action="">
    <table class="formStyle_1" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="10" 
            width="100%">
        <tr>
            <td>&nbsp;</td>
            <td align="left"><label class="formBtn_1">
                <input  id="Submit" name="Submit" value="Submit" type="submit" 
                        onclick="return val()"/></label>
                <input type="hidden" name="hdnbutton" id="hdnbutton" value=""/>
            </td>
        </tr>
    </table>
</form>

What is the xpath of "Submit" button considering the above code?

Ripon Al Wasim · Accepted Answer · 2013-03-14 03:05:52Z

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You don't need XPath and I wouldn't recommend using xpath in this situation. In this case id can be used as below:

selenium.click("id=Submit");

The above code would do what you want.

edited Mar 14, 2013 at 3:05

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answered Mar 2, 2011 at 11:13

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rs79 Over a year ago

Agreed. XPath is less readable (and by that measure, less maintainable)...I am partial towards using CSS. XPath, however, is useful for tables.

Ripon Al Wasim Over a year ago

Yes, If there is ID available it's better to use id instead of xpath. css path is faster than xpath

Ripon Al Wasim Over a year ago

simple xpath for Submit button is as follows: //input[@id = 'Submit']

Martin Honnen · Accepted Answer · 2011-03-02 11:06:05Z

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//form[@id = 'frmDepartmentCreation']//input[@id = 'Submit'] is one way (starting with // is done as I assume that snippets is part of a larger document.

answered Mar 2, 2011 at 11:06

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user357812 Over a year ago

+1 Correct. Altough given a DTD declaring @id of type ID, one could use id('Submit')

Martin Honnen Over a year ago

Right, I thought about using id but with the question being tagged as selenium rc I was not sure that is supported so I went with the posted expression.

Ripon Al Wasim Over a year ago

Your xpath is right. But, it is not a good practice to use this sort of long xpath. The better to use only //input[@id='Submit']

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