Dynamic XPath in Selenium WebDriver – Part 2: Advanced Functions & Axes Explained

In this advanced XPath tutorial (Part 2), you'll master dynamic XPath creation in Selenium WebDriver using powerful functions and axes. We’ll explore how to use contains(), starts-with(), and text() for flexible element matching, along with XPath axes like following, preceding, and ancestor for navigating complex DOM structures. You’ll also learn the key differences between absolute and relative XPath and when to use each effectively. These concepts will significantly improve your ability to locate dynamic elements and write stable, maintainable Selenium scripts.

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[snehasingh]

Why didn't i find your channel before! Your videos are so helpful. Really appreciate the effort you have put in to make the tutorials so easy to follow. Thanks!

[gandharavkatyal]

thanks mukesh, u did a great job, hats off!!

[madhusmita]

Thanks for this video...learned so much from it :)

[kirantherise]

Thanks Mukesh....Many Questions get answered....

[swayambikash]

Thanks a lot for the way of explaining is simply share the link of part 3 of this video series

[Shashikala.gowda]

Thank you so much for nice tutorials ....

[harshbhasin]

Hi Mukesh,
Excellent videos mate!!! Great

[madhurichebbi]

This video helped me a lot. Thank you so much..

[ashokgunja]

Thank you bro...realy nice tutorial..!

[AmreshKumar-ngrs]

Hi mukesh,
at 5:09 I noticed that using following::a is showing element which are written before element having id='menu-dashboard' as well(as u can notice scroll bar position). Then how following:: is showing only elements coming after id='menu-dashboard' element?

[shreyanshjain]

nice video, please post video tutorial on "Selenium Grid". Thanks! :)

[hariprasad]

Nice video Mukesh...
One clarification, for every element on a page if possible we can create multiple relative xpath.am I right?

[sohamchakraborty]

Sir, can you explain why there is a dot before every xpath expression in firefox ?, eg .//* .cant we not give directly // and then the expression ?In real time if we write on any ide like eclipse, how do we write it ?

[jayantiborde]

Hello Sir,
Element should have been "select" but was "span" , what should i do.there is only class which is not working when created Dynamic xpath

[Backfire]

Hi, latest version of firefox doesn't support firebug or firepath, since we use developer tools to inspect elements, can u please provide details on how to work on developers tools .

[varsharawat]

sir i am working on salesforce technology, my website has developed on cloud, and it's a very tricky site, all elements having only single locator and i.e., class, or either id, i am not able to do automation, i have tried with so many xpath but none of them working, i am fadup now.

[srinuckograndstreet]

Mukesh you are using //following:: but as per the syntax we should use /following:: and even i have used with /following and its working

[ketakinaik]

Hi, Mukesh
Can you please help with Error communicating with the remote browser. It may have died. error?

[rajeshdevan]

Nice explanation Sir thank you then without using fire bug how we use these following, ancestor, preceding Sir can you make video for that?

[TravelExplorerNX]

Hi Mukesh what is the normalize-space please check this xpath //a[normalize-space()='Create a new account'] i m not understand this