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1 == Using XPath Expressions as Locators ==
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3 === Examples ===
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5 Click a link having css class 'sel_create_team'
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8 clickAndWait
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10 ~/~/a[WONDER:@class='sel_create_team']
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15 Add the first element of a list browser (aka. 'select' element) to the current selections. The list browser is identified by css class 'sel_browser_list'
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18 addSelection
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20 ~/~/select[WONDER:@class='sel_browser_list']
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22 value=0
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25 Add the third element of a list browser (aka. 'select' element) to the current selections. The list browser is identified by css class 'sel_browser_list'
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28 addSelection
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30 ~/~/select[WONDER:@class='sel_browser_list']
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32 value=2
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35 Add the item named "John Murphy" of a list browser (aka. 'select' element) to the current selections. The list browser is identified by css class 'sel_browser_list'
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38 addSelection
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40 ~/~/select[WONDER:@class='sel_browser_list']
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42 label=John Murphy
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45 Store the current value of an input field into a script variable. The input field is identified by the css class "sel_EditTeam_teamName" and we are storing the current field value into a script variable named "var_EditTeam_teamName"
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48 storeValue
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50 ~/~/input[WONDER:@class='sel_EditTeam_teamName']
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52 var_EditTeam_teamName
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55 Use a stored variable later in the script (on a different page or whatever) to click a dynamic hyperlink that uses the stored value as the hyperlink text
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58 clickAndWait
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60 link=${var_EditTeam_teamName}
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65 Type the value 'abc' in the input field having class 'sel_input'
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68 type
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70 ~/~/input[WONDER:@class='sel_input']
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72 abc
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75 Store the value 'abc' in a script variable named var1
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78 store
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80 abc
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82 var1
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85 === XPath Resources ===
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87 * [[http:~~/~~/www.w3schools.com/xpath/xpath_syntax.asp>>url:http://www.w3schools.com/xpath/xpath_syntax.asp||shape="rect"]]