With the help of this SO question I have an almost working xpath:
//div[contains(@class, 'measure-tab') and contains(., 'someText')]
However this gets two divs
: in one it's the child td
that has someText, the other it's child span
.
How do I narrow it down to the one with the span
?
<div class="measure-tab">
<!-- table html omitted -->
<td> someText</td>
</div>
<div class="measure-tab"> <-- I want to select this div (and use contains @class)
<div>
<span> someText</span> <-- that contains a deeply nested span with this text
</div>
</div>
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xpath
You can use ancestor
. I find that this is easier to read because the element you are actually selecting is at the end of the path.
//span[contains(text(),'someText')]/ancestor::div[contains(@class, 'measure-tab')]
You can change your second condition to check only the span element:
...and contains(div/span, 'someText')]
If the span isn't always inside another div you can also use
...and contains(.//span, 'someText')]
This searches for the span anywhere inside the div.
You could use the xpath :
//div[@class="measure-tab" and .//span[contains(., "someText")]]
Input :
<root>
<div class="measure-tab">
<td> someText</td>
</div>
<div class="measure-tab">
<div>
<div2>
<span>someText2</span>
</div2>
</div>
</div>
</root>
Output :
Element='<div class="measure-tab">
<div>
<div2>
<span>someText2</span>
</div2>
</div>
</div>'
Source: Stackoverflow.com