selenium find child's child elements

Question

I have following html like:

<form name="form1">
  <input name="a" ...>
  <input name="b" ...>
  ...
  <div><span><select name="c">...</select></span></div>
</form>

I would like to find out all elements within the form element. First I use findElement() to get the form element form1, then use form1.findElements(By.xpath(".//*[@name]")) to get all its children having attribute name. However, for the select element, since it's grand-grand child of form1, how can I get it as well?

Is there a way to find all elements containing attribute name (not only child elements, but also child's child's child...) within form1?

Thanks!

What you already have should work since it's not just finding children, but any descendants nested at any level. — BoltClock, Nov 26 '13 at 12:23
But when I run it, I only get the children elements, not all descendants.@BoltClock'saUnicorn — Eve, Nov 26 '13 at 12:32
Thanks@BoltClock'saUnicorn Yes, you're right. I made a mistake because in google page, I think they use `` to express the select element while the source code displayed as ` — Eve, Nov 26 '13 at 12:41

score 17 · Answer 1 · answered Sep 24 '14 at 21:58

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if you want to get an WebElement by xpath, and so get child of it... you may use webElement.findElement(By.xpath("./*")) ... this "." before the "/" makes the magic, you'll need it to get only the children of the webElement...

answered Sep 24 '14 at 21:58

Alan Donizete

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 26 '13 at 17:26

Do you have to find the form element? If not, then you can do it in one select statement using css or xpath.

The css would be 'form[name="form1"] [name]'

Note the space between the closing and opening brackets.

You would use this selector with FindElement on the driver object rather than finding the form first.

AlignedDev · Answer 3 · 2016-01-12T20:41:49.437

You should be able to use the descendant:: as described in this post.

http://hedleyproctor.com/2011/05/tutorial-writing-xpath-selectors-for-selenium-tests/

Here are a few examples from the article:

//div[h3/text()='Credit Card']/descendant::*
//div[h3/text()='Credit Card']/descendant::input[@id='cardNumber']
//div[*/text()='Credit Card']/descendant::input[@id='cardNumber']



  webDriver.findElement(
     By.xpath("//div[*/text()='Credit Card']/descendant::input[@id='cardNumber']")
  ).sendKeys("1234123412341234");

selenium find child's child elements

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