presenceOfAllElementsLocatedBy could not find the element

Question

I am using Selenium and Java to write a test, when I use the code below:

List<WebElement> elements = wait.until(ExpectedConditions.presenceOfAllElementsLocatedBy
    (By.xpath("//div[.//span[text()='Map']]//*")));

for (WebElement e : elements) {
    System.out.println("=>" + e.getTagName() + "<=");                   
}

it shows all the web elements in that <div> tag.

Result:

=>span<=
=>div<=
=>div<=
=>path<=
=>path<=
=>span<=

As you see, some of the elements tag-name is path but when I use the code below it says that I could not find the element.

List<WebElement> elements = wait.until(ExpectedConditions.presenceOfAllElementsLocatedBy
    (By.xpath("//div[.//span[text()='Map']]//path")));

Answer 1

It not easy to find the real issue with out knowing your HTML structure.

While I think there is a issue in your xpath

Try below xpath

//div//span[text()='Map']//path

Hope it will help you :)

Answer 2

By.xpath("//div[.//span[text()='Map']]//* will return all the decedents of span[text()='Map'] in the html hierarchy.

For example, this html structure will produce the same results you have

<div>
  <span>Map</span>
  <div></div>
  <div>
    <path></path>
    <path></path>
  </div>
  <span></span>
</div>

As you can see, <path> is not <span> direct child, so By.xpath("//div[.//span[text()='Map']]//path is not a valid xpath.

Answer 3

The issue was related to some web elements that Selenium cannot navigate, the web element that I was trying to catch was inside a svg web element which is not detectable by Selenium have a look here this is exactly what was happening to me.