XPath to click toggle button in web table

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While trying to automate my application, one of the web-page has a toggle button inside a table and I need to select the same. Below is the image of HTML code.I am unable to copy paste the code hence attaching the image.

Below is the code tried but getting error as unable to locate element.

IWebElement btn3 = driver.FindElement(By.XPath("//input[@id='livingExpenseConsent']/ancestor::span"));
Actions action2 = new Actions(driver);
action2.MoveToElement(btn3).Click().Perform();

Kindly suggest the right way to locate the element.

It would be better if you provide html code instead of an image. BTW the span with the slider is not an ancestor. May be is a following-sibling but I don't know if Selenium supports that. — Daniel Manta
– Daniel Manta, Commented Jul 6, 2020 at 18:13
Could you not simply set your xpath to click on the input element? — SandstormNick
– SandstormNick, Commented Jul 6, 2020 at 19:37

Vy Do · Accepted Answer · 2020-07-07 10:08:05Z

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ancestor is generally used to search for parent elements or greater. If it is the span element that you are wanting to set your XPath as then using following-sibling should work. This looks at all the elements on the same level as the element being used to search for following-sibling's. In your case the input element.

XPath: //input[@id='livingExpenseConsent']/following-sibling::span

edited Jul 7, 2020 at 10:08

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answered Jul 6, 2020 at 19:33

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supputuri · Accepted Answer · 2020-07-06 19:00:09Z

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Try with the below xpath.

//input[@id='livingExpenseConsent']/following-sibling::span

answered Jul 6, 2020 at 19:00

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