Xpath | Absolute Beginner Guide | PART-2 | Locating elements relative to a known element

One of the most anticipated topics on Learn Automation Online is writing Xpath. There is no wonder why this is the most expected topic. Because XPath play a major role in test automation projects and they are very crucial in the interview as well. This has two parts and this is the part TWO of the XPath tutorials.
What will we learn in this video?
1.Locating a parent element
2.Locating a child element
3.Locating ancestors of a known element
4.Locating the following elements
5.Locating preceding element
6.Locating the following sibling
7.Locating preceding sibling
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[@abiramidandapani9483]

Thank u anna, for giving clear explanation about xpath. Pls extend your support in providing videos .

[@rehanabraham2135]

awesome bro thank you so much xpath ah pathu ena da ipdi irukunu bayanthutu iruntha selenium vids pakura apo but now I am very clear on xpath cocepts thanks much bro!! must reach greater highest in future

[@prabhakaran1062]

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[@haseens-ph9to]

thank u so much,i have learnt xpath with ur 2 videos very clearly.

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I feel like hearing an interesting selenium story....For everything you starts with an question why.?..Its awesome

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[@balakannanmc2704]

really very nice two video. Sir xpath functions pathi podunga. Plz

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[@LearnAutomationOnline]

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[@LearnAutomationOnline]

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[@tamilrc7895]

thank you sir

[@pgmsureshpgmsuresh2994]

descendent is oppsite of ancestor u missed it anna

[@user-zk9qs3kf2u]

Hi Arul, PIease help me the following question.I have three unique buttons in my page.(Display names are different),The internal ID & Name changes on every page load.I need to click on each button in sequence.

[@user-pz7do4tp8o]

Bro your videos are so clear.Thanks a lot ..can you share the documents shown in video?

[@LearnAutomationOnline]

I don't have them sorry

[@gayathrisethuvignesh9461]

Thank you so much sir

[@kannankasthuri4655]

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[@naliniuk8268]

Very clearly expjained.. How about descendants in xpath?

[@leonashley4390]

Bro ippa naa ancestor ku xpath yaduthen aana yannala sendkeys send panna mudiyala aana normal xpath ancestor illa ma potta send keys yadukka mudiyuthu but ancestor+sendkeys yaduka mudiyala in eclipse...please bro solve my problem😭

[@poojauday423]

Hi Anna..pls add videos on hpalm and Jira

[@abinayathangavel8071]

HI I am pretty much clear the dynamic Xpath. The way you explained is excellent,especially as a beginner like me it will help to catch up easily. And also I like to know how to write a static/relative Xpath.. when i was try to write a static xpath i encounter problems in predicates.Is it necessary to learn HTML for understating static Xpath?Thanks in advance

[@LearnAutomationOnline]

No need to master html for understanding xpath. I'm not sure about your understanding on the predicate portion of xpath. Predicate is actually the portion embedded inside the square brackets. No matter which type of xpath it is.

[@abinayathangavel8071]

Ok thanks..It would be great if u elaborate little bit about static xpath..

[@dharmrajesh]

Hi Arul prasath, I am waiting for the CSS Locator video, When can I expect this video, what's your plan, Last few interviews they are asking about CSS Locator...Kindly help me Thanks...

[@nagarajjanakiraman8696]

Hi, in 9.56 time i had this doubt...if we use //knownxpath/ancestor::input it will choose first input... What if I need to have second input how can we modify?

[@nagarajjanakiraman8696]

Can we use //knownxpath/ancestor:: input[2] for this as following syntax?

[@winram4727]

Descendant ah pathi solunga brother

[@vaishnavipandiyan2476]

after learning all of the terms how to get experiences and how to start reals project practices as a fresher

[@vaishnavipandiyan2476]

Pls response

[@radhikakatragadda]

Any good documents for refering xpath in PL1 sonarqube.

[@praveenakathir3134]

hi sir gud aftnun sir,i have one doubt, how to write the xpath for (Select the small oranges in xpath driver xample) reply me Sir

[@LearnAutomationOnline]

Have you watched both the xpath videos? And did hands on? In that case you will be able to write it. Or tell me what did you try? Give the xpath u tried.

[@ramaswamy7]

Hi bro Shadow DOM pathi sollungey

[@LearnAutomationOnline]

Will try to create videos on this

[@yesjay1335]

Hi bro I faced following questions in one of my interview ...can u plse give solution for this....thanks There is a web element which starts with the tag “a”. When you click on it, the tag changes to “b”. How you will write locator for this? There are 10 headers on a web page and you need to click on all headers and verify if the page is loaded correctly.

[@padmapriya2510]

Anna.. Have a doubt what the difference between child and following-siblings ,correspondingly parents and proceding-siblings??

[@winram4727]

Parent also come under preceding Child also come under following But parent and child are immediate one for a static or concrete Xpath

[@vaishnavipandiyan2476]

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[@satheeshsakthis4852]

Webtable xpath slightly difficult ah iruku like tr td this intha element vechu oru video poduga bro

[@LearnAutomationOnline]

Web table ku nu separate ah inoru video irukum. Pls learn that as well

[@satheeshsakthis4852]

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Brother please upload mobile testing

[@LearnAutomationOnline]

Right now i don't have any computers

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Interview questions sollunga bro

[@gayathrisethuvignesh9461]

Sir

[@spacepot]

What is the difference between child and sibling?

[@LearnAutomationOnline]

Actually there is no difference between child and siblings. A Child node may have siblings. That is if a parent tag contains, one or more Same level child nodes, then they are siblings.

[@celinemary3371]

i have tried ur link for reference fun to practice xpath but i dont know what is answer is 11th , tell me bro in 11th answer

[@LearnAutomationOnline]

Right now I don't have access to any computer. Sorry

[@sujithkrishna05]

Bro normala nama inspect paniyee xpath eduthuruvome if either relative or absolute so yen nama frame pananum bro...plz clarify

[@LearnAutomationOnline]

When u inspect and get the xpath it may break at times. But when u write it using functions, it's more robust. Second, interview point of view, we can't expect the interviewer to be satisfied with our answer saying, I can copy from browser itself. The moment you start writing xpath, you will be able to handle even complex elements without any trouble

[@winram4727]

Most of them namma copy parathu hybrid Xpath but while taking a dynamic webelements we should go for dynamic Xpath only

[@abdul2001]

Bro....Xpath and Css selector which one best and why?

[@LearnAutomationOnline]

You can't compare like that. Which is most suitable and which will work perfectly for that element is the key player in selecting the locators. When it comes to performance css works better that xpath. Internet explorer browsers will have problem with xpaths.

[@lakshmipriya69]

Hi sir.. I have one doubt.. Actually previous xpath video, you have taught about known attributes and contains those things..But this video u have taught abt parent child relationship..Which case we have to use this parent child xpath..bcoz mostly previous videos is enough to ryt xpath in all cases na..then why we have to use this parent child xapth..It's really confusing me... Pls clarify my doubt..

[@LearnAutomationOnline]

Some times, if there are no static attributes for an element, you can use these relationships. Also interviews la you can expect lot of questions from relationships

[@lakshmipriya69]

@@LearnAutomationOnline ya sir.. Bt if there are dynamic attributes means, we can use contains , starts with na.. For example id=agni223 means we use contains for this dynamic attributes..I think this will satisfy all the requirement.. There is no use of parent child relationship.. Which place I have to use 1st 7 xpath type which place I have to use this parent child relationship this only confusing me sir... Exactly wat is my doubt means if there is no attributes or attributes is there but everything is dynamic means we have to use xpath.. Lykwise I have doubt in which scenario exactly we need to use parent child relationship...

[@lakshmipriya69]

Hi sir could u pls clear my doubt?

[@LearnAutomationOnline]

What if none of the atributes are static for an element and in thay case, you may have to rely on other element to find. There are multiple ways you can deal with, I have covered those. For actual work, as u said, attributes and contains will be sufficient in most of the cases. Most of the cases not all the cases.

[@lakshmipriya69]

@@LearnAutomationOnline thank you so much sir... Now I have understood clearly☺ And I want to say one more thing.. U have posted this video 3 yrs ago.. Bt still u r replying our doubt messages..Most of the channel won't rply on the recent messages also..Seriously hats off to ur effort.. Thanks much sir.. ☺God bless u.. 🥰

[@meenavinothviyanmivan]

Bro we need to learn all the syntax throughly for interview?

[@LearnAutomationOnline]

Yes

[@meenavinothviyanmivan]

@@LearnAutomationOnline thanks 🙏🏻

[@jayapriyam1984]

How to identify a subchild element using xpath

[@LearnAutomationOnline]

Pls watch the video. No matter whatever the element is , have explained in the two xpath videos on how to find them

[@jayapriyam1984]

@@LearnAutomationOnline okay sir. I tried ☺

[@santhoshkumarmadesan1016]

Can I get this notes as separate notes i.e. google drive

[@LearnAutomationOnline]

Sorry, Santhosh, I don't usually share my notes. Have faced instances where my notes has been exactly used as someone else's work.

[@santhoshkumarmadesan1016]

Hi

[@jayapriyam1984]

Sub child means sir..?

[@LearnAutomationOnline]

Child of child. There is a parent, their children and their children . The grand children is called sub child

[@balakannanmc2704]

really very nice two video. Sir xpath functions pathi podunga. Plz

[@LearnAutomationOnline]

sure