Oops, nevermind--I think I figured it out: needed to surround the
xpath expression with single quotes.
That said, can I use your $x('{xpath query}'); statement in a regular
JavaScript script or is it specific to the Firebug console?
Thanks.
On Jan 7, 12:08 pm, "Clint H." <[email protected]> wrote:
> Thanks Rob, but I don't quite get it... When I run the following in
> console:
>
> $x(/html/body/div/table/tbody/tr/td[2]/div[2]/table/tbody/tr/td[2]/
> table/tbody/tr/td/div/div/div/form/div[10]/table/tbody/tr/td[2]/
> input);
>
> I get "SyntaxError: invalid regular expression in flag b".
>
> I'm not familiar with the firebug console--what exactly is $x() doing?
>
> Thanks!
>
> On Jan 7, 11:51 am, Rob Campbell <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > easier shortcut from the Console's command-line:
>
> > >>> $x({xpath-expression}); // copied from HTML panel's status bar
>
> > You can use document.evaluate() but this is a lot simpler. Good luck!
>
> > On Jan 6, 10:33 pm, "Brian L. Matthews" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > > > I see that Firebug allows you to easily copy the XPath expression that
> > > > selects a specific node in the DOM. But is there a way to easily get a
> > > > JavaScript statement for selecting a node?
>
> > > Not that I know of, but you probably don't want such a thing anyways.
> > > Google document.evaluate for how to use the XPath expression.
>
> > > Brian
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