I think xpath is generally considered a last resort by most people. To me it seems very brittle. If the layout of your page changes a lot of your code will break. Using IDs to locate elements is usually your best choice I believe.
On Jan 27, 12:07 pm, Bharath <bkalt...@gmail.com> wrote: > Željko, > Thank you very much. > $browser.cell(:class=>'rptName').text worked for me. > but i when I have time i will try to work with xpath. > > Thanks again > BK > > On Wed, Jan 27, 2010 at 11:31 AM, Željko Filipin < > > zeljko.fili...@wa-research.ch> wrote: > > On Wed, Jan 27, 2010 at 5:25 PM, Bharath <bkalt...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > $browser.cell(:xpath, "//t...@class='rptName']/") > > > Watir::Exception::UnknownObjectException: Unable to locate element, using > > :xpath, "//t...@class='rptName']" > > > XPath is black magic to me. I rarely use it and I always have to look up > > the syntax, and I do not have the time at the moment. > > > Try this: > > > browser.cell(:class => "rptName").text > > > If the cell is child of any element that could be uniquely identified, you > > could use something like this: > > > browser.element(how => what).cell(:class => "rptName").text > > > Željko > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "Watir General" group. > > To post to this group, send email to watir-general@googlegroups.com > > Before posting, please read the following guidelines: > >http://wiki.openqa.org/display/WTR/Support > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > watir-general-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > > For more options, visit this group at > >http://groups.google.com/group/watir-general -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Watir General" group. To post to this group, send email to watir-general@googlegroups.com Before posting, please read the following guidelines: http://wiki.openqa.org/display/WTR/Support To unsubscribe from this group, send email to watir-general-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/watir-general
