How to identify the element using xpath and text

Question

In below snippet , how do i select the label using the text "No gateway"? I can use ID , but wanted to select by text.

HTML:

<div class="form-group" style="">
                    <label class="col-xs-12 col-lg-12" for="noGateway" style="background: rgb(204, 136, 136); border: 2px solid red;">
                        <input type="radio" data-ng-model="proxyType" value="noGateway" name="noGateway" id="noGateway" class="ng-valid ng-touched ng-dirty ng-valid-parse" style="">
                        No gateway
                    </label>
                </div>

why do you want to select a label ? you may want to click on input ? — cruisepandey, Jun 18 '18 at 14:34

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 18 '18 at 13:30

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To identify the label using the text No gateway you can use either of the following Java solutions:

XPath with contains():

WebElement element = driver.findElement(By.xpath("//label[contains(.,'No gateway')]"));

XPath with normalize-space():

WebElement element = driver.findElement(By.xpath("//label[normalize-space()='No gateway']"));

answered Jun 18 '18 at 13:30

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Thanks it helped , any article that explains A-Z about xpath? – karthik loganathan Jun 22 '18 at 17:37
@karthikloganathan Checkout [XPath Tutorial](https://www.w3schools.com/xml/xpath_intro.asp). Let me know if you need more references. – undetected Selenium Jun 23 '18 at 11:12

How to identify the element using xpath and text

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