Finding an elements XPath using IE Developer tool

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Is there a way to find an element s XPath using IE Developer Tool

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You can find debug XPath CSS locators in the IE as well as in different browsers with the tool called SWD Page Recorder  The only restrictions limitations    The browser should be started from the tool Internet Explorer Driver Server - IEDriverServer exe - should be downloaded separately and placed near SwdPageRecorder exe

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Are you trying to find some work around getting xpath in IE   There are many add-ons for other browsers like xpather for Chrome or xpather  xpath-checker and firebug for FireFox that will give you the xpath of an element in a second  But sadly there is no add-on or tool available that will do this for IE  For most cases you can get the xpath of the elements that fall in your script using the above tools in Firefox and tweak them a little  if required  to make them work in IE    But if you are testing an application that will work only in IE or the specific scenario or page that has this element will open-up play-out only in IE then you cannot use any of the above mention tools to find the XPATH  Well the only thing that works in this case is the Bookmarklets that were coded just for this purpose  Bookmarklets are JavaScript code that you will add in IE as bookmarks and later use to get the XPATH of the element you desire  Using these you can get the XPATH as easily as you get using xpather or any other firefox addon   STEPS TO INSTALL BOOKMARKLETS  1 Open IE  2 Type about blank in the address bar and hit enter  3 From Favorites main menu select ---  Add favorites  4  In the Add a favorite popup window enter name GetXPATH1   5 Click add button in the add a favorite popup window   6 Open the Favorites menu and right click the newly added favorite and select properties option   7 GetXPATH1 Properties will open up  Select the web Document Tab   8 Enter the following in the URL field   javascript function getNode node  var nodeExpr node tagName if  nodeExpr return null if node id      nodeExpr     id    node id      return     nodeExpr  var rank 1 var ps node previousSibling while ps  if ps tagName  node tagName  rank    ps ps previousSibling  if rank gt 1  nodeExpr      rank      else var ns node nextSibling while ns  if ns tagName  node tagName  nodeExpr    1   break  ns ns nextSibling   return nodeExpr     9 Click Ok  Click YES on the popup alert   10 Add another favorite by following steps 3 to 5  Name this favorite GetXPATH2  step4   11 Repeat steps 6 and 7 for GetXPATH2 that you just created   12 Enter the following in the URL field for GetXPATH2  javascript function o  o   var currentNode document selection createRange   parentElement   var path    while currentNode  var pe getNode currentNode  if pe  path push pe  if pe indexOf   id    -1 break  currentNode currentNode parentNode  var xpath     path reverse   join      clipboardData setData  Text   xpath   o  o      13 Repeat Step 9   You are all done    Now to get the XPATH of elements just select the element with your mouse  This would involve clicking the left mouse button just before the element  link  button  image  checkbox  text etc  begins and dragging it till the element ends  Once you do this first select the favorite GetXPATH1 from the favorites menu and then select the second favorite GetXPATH2  At this point you will get a confirmation  hit allow access button  Now open up a notepad file  right click and select paste option  This will give you the XPATH of the element you seek

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This post suggests that you should be able to get the IE Developer Toolbar to show you the XPath for an element you click on if you turn on the  select element by click  option  http   blog balfes net  p 62  Alternatively this post suggests either bookmarklets  or IE debugbar  Equivalent of Firebug  39 s  quot Copy XPath quot  in Internet Explorer

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If your goal is to find CSS selectors you can use MRI  once MRI is open  click any element to see various selectors for the element    http   westciv com mri   For Xpath   http   functionaltestautomation blogspot com 2008 12 xpath-in-internet-explorer html

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