Xpaths Format & Examples
Serial
No. XPath Format XPath Example
1 //a Selects all <a> (anchor) elements.
Selects the element with id attribute
2 //*[@id='elementId']
"elementId".
Selects all elements with class
3 //*[contains(@class, 'highlight')]
containing "highlight".
Selects all elements with attribute
4 //*[@attribute='value']
equal to "value".
Selects the element containing the text
5 //*[text()='Login']
"Login".
Selects elements containing the partial
6 //*[contains(text(), 'user')]
text "user".
Selects the second occurrence of the
7 (xpath)[2]
element.
Selects <li> elements that are direct
8 //ul/li
children of <ul>.
9 //div/following-sibling::p Selects the element following a specific
sibling.
//*[contains(@class, 'highlight') and Selects elements with both conditions
10
text()='Login'] satisfied.
Selects all <p> elements with text content
11 //p[text()='Hello, World!']
"Hello, World!".
//*[contains(@id, 'username') and Selects elements with id attribute
12
text()='John'] "username" and text content "John".
Selects the first occurrence of the
13 (xpath)[1]
element.
Selects elements with data-custom
14 //*[contains(@data-custom)]
attribute.
Selects elements with class starting with
15 //*[starts-with(@class, 'btn')]
"btn".
//*[data-type='button' and Selects elements with both data-type
16
@role='submit'] and role attributes specified.
Selects elements with a "data-testid"
17 //*[@data-testid]
attribute.
Selects elements without a "disabled"
18 //*[@!disabled]
attribute.
19 //*[text()=''] Selects elements with empty text content.
Selects child elements based on their
20 //div[@data-section]/child::*
parent's attribute.
Selects elements based on the existence
21 //*[exists(@data-custom)]
of a specific attribute.
Selects elements with type attribute set
22 //*[@type='checkbox']
to "checkbox".
Selects elements with class attribute
23 //*[contains(@class, 'btn')]
containing "btn".
24 //*[starts-with(@data-)] Selects elements with data- attribute.
//*[@title[string-length(@title) = Selects elements with title attribute of
25
10]] length 10.
Selects elements with a specific parent
26 //ul/li (e.g., selects all <li> elements within a
<ul>).
Selects elements with a specific ancestor
27 //div//span (e.g., selects all <span> elements under a
<div>).
Selects elements based on child count
28 //div[count(p) = 3]
(e.g., selects all <div> elements with
exactly three child <p> elements).
Selects elements in a list based on their
29 //ol/li[2] position (e.g., selects the second <li> in
an ordered list).
Selects elements based on their
30 //h1/following-sibling::* relationship with a sibling (e.g., selects the
next sibling of an <h1> element).
