How to identify elements based on text visible on page in Selenium?

To identify elements based on text visible on page, text() method is used in xpath.

Syntax −

driver.findElement(By.xpath("//tagname[text()=’value’]"))

Example

import org.openqa.selenium.By;
import org.openqa.selenium.Keys;
import org.openqa.selenium.WebDriver;
import org.openqa.selenium.WebElement;
import org.openqa.selenium.chrome.ChromeDriver;
import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
public class TextMatch {
   public static void main(String[] args) {
      System.setProperty("webdriver.chrome.driver", "C:\\Users\\ghs6kor\\Desktop\\Java\\chromedriver.exe");
      WebDriver driver = new ChromeDriver();
      String url = "https://www.tutorialspoint.com/index.htm";
      driver.get(url);
      driver.manage().window().maximize();
      driver.manage().timeouts().implicitlyWait(10, TimeUnit.SECONDS);
      //xpath with text() method
      driver.findElement(By.xpath("//*[text()=’GATE Exams’]")).click();
      driver.close();
   }
}

Debomita Bhattacharjee

Published on 10-Jun-2020 16:29:04