How to traverse back to the parent of an element in Selenium Python

Question

i have this element

element = driver.find_element_by_xpath("//*[contains(text(), '/cargas')]")

that search text in html and select one element suppose the element has the xpath

//*[@id="main"]/div[3]/div/div[2]/div[2]/div[11]

is there a way to return div's in this element eg:

element cd.. cd..

//*[@id="main"]/div[3]/div/div[2]

and how i get the full xpath from element

You want to return to a web element on what basis ? – cruisepandey Apr 25 '22 at 13:39 — cruisepandey, Apr 25 '22 at 13:39
to for exemple click on edit button in a chat menseger – Matheus Leles Apr 25 '22 at 17:24 — Matheus Leles, Apr 25 '22 at 17:24

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 25 '22 at 21:51

Just like the way in MS DOS os you traverse back to the parent directory using cd.., using xpath you can move to the parent element as follows:

element = driver.find_element_by_xpath("//*[contains(text(), '/cargas')]")
parent_element = driver.find_element_by_xpath("//*[contains(text(), '/cargas')]/..")
grand_parent_element = driver.find_element_by_xpath("//*[contains(text(), '/cargas')]/../..")

How to traverse back to the parent of an element in Selenium Python

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