Find element in table using XPath

Question

I just started using selenium webdriver. I am trying to find an input field located in a table (can be found here https://i.stack.imgur.com/H1ZMt.jpg)

I've tried right clicking -> Copy -> Copy XPath, but when I start my program, i get the following error:

Unable to locate element: {"method":"xpath","selector":"/html/body/div/table[2]/tbody/tr[3]/td[2]/input"}

The input field I would like to find is the one called "loginanvid". Any help is appreciated.

I think your indexing may be wrong, try table[1], tr[2]. td[1], typically collections and arrays start with an index of zero — Ryan Wilson, May 04 '18 at 12:54
@RyanWilson No luck, unfortunately: Unable to locate element: {"method":"xpath","selector":"/html/body/div/table[1]/tbody/tr[2]/td[1]/input"} — Suicidalllama, May 04 '18 at 12:55
Could you post the actual string xpath you are using and not just the error message? — Ryan Wilson, May 04 '18 at 12:58
I've never worked with XPath before, so I just right clicked the "loginanvid" and pressed copy -> Copy XPath and got the following path: /html/body/div/table[2]/tbody/tr[3]/td[2]/input — Suicidalllama, May 04 '18 at 13:00
ok. thanks. Could you verify as cruisepandey said that the elements are not wrapped in iframe or frame? — Ryan Wilson, May 04 '18 at 13:01
Possible duplicate of [NoSuchElementExeption, selenium unable to locate element](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/48471321/nosuchelementexeption-selenium-unable-to-locate-element) — undetected Selenium, May 04 '18 at 13:04

cruisepandey · Accepted Answer · 2018-05-04T13:11:29.217

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For switching to Iframe use this code:

IWebElement iframeEle = driver.FindElement(By.Name("main")); driver.SwitchTo().Frame(iframeEle);

then use this Xpath :

//tr[@class='bgmork']/descendant::input[@name='loginanvid']

edited May 04 '18 at 13:11

answered May 04 '18 at 12:56

cruisepandey

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Gives me the same error: no such element: Unable to locate element: {"method":"xpath","selector":"//tr[@class='bgmork']/descendant::input[@name='loginanvid']"} – Suicidalllama May 04 '18 at 12:58
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please check if element is present in iframe – cruisepandey May 04 '18 at 12:59
Because the pic you have provided , I can see the HTML and Body tags , most probably it would be in iframe – cruisepandey May 04 '18 at 13:00
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IWebElement iframeEle = driver.FindElement(By.Name("main")); driver.SwitchTo().Frame(iframeEle); – cruisepandey May 04 '18 at 13:08

Find element in table using XPath

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