seleniumBasic FindElementByXPath inner text

Question

I have a td tag

<td>abcdefg</td>

How to reference it by xpath in seleniumBasic?
I have tried:

driver.FindElementByXPath("//td[@text='abcdefg']")
driver.FindElementByXPath("//td[text()='abcdefg']")
driver.FindElementByXPath("//td[@innertext='abcdefg']")
driver.FindElementByXPath("//td[contains(text()='abc')]")

all get no-such-element-error

can you please add more relevant HTML code, may be 4-5 lines above the td tag, required. — Naveen Kumar R B, Nov 28 '16 at 11:34
Are you the table tag is not part of any iframe tag (as a child to iframe tag in the hierarchy from html tag)? — Naveen Kumar R B, Nov 29 '16 at 04:36
I don't think the parent tag really matters, because the only reference will be the text "abcdefg" between open tag "" and close tag "" — johnn, Nov 29 '16 at 05:05
I got your point. whatI mentioned is whole different topic altogether. If your element is inside a iframe tag(s), then you need to switch to the frame and then find the element. that's how it works. — Naveen Kumar R B, Nov 29 '16 at 06:05
refer my answer here http://stackoverflow.com/questions/40758138/in-selenium-web-driver-how-to-choose-the-correct-iframe/40759300#40759300 — Naveen Kumar R B, Nov 29 '16 at 06:06
thank you very much. I have get it work by : driver.FindElementByXPath("//td[text()=""abcdefg""]") — johnn, Nov 29 '16 at 07:15

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Nov 29 '16 at 07:14

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ok, this worked.

driver.FindElementByXPath("//td[text()=""abcdefg""]")

answered Nov 29 '16 at 07:14

johnn

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