A solution I developed involved writing code specifically for handling a common issue.
The problem at hand was the need to verify elements located in various positions on a webpage, with the XPath changing periodically. Since all elements were within a table, my approach focused on identifying the XPath of the initial element and then examining each subsequent row to determine the presence of other elements.
To accomplish this, I utilized:
public void IdentifyElementByXPath(string targetElement){
string pageSource = Driver.PageSource;
var document = new HtmlAgilityPack.HtmlDocument();
document.LoadHtml(pageSource);
var descendants = document.DocumentNode.Descendants().ToList();
var primaryElement = descendants.FirstOrDefault(c => c.InnerText.Trim() == targetElement && c.Name == "td");
var newXpath = primaryElement.XPath;
var regex = new Regex(@"tr\[\d+\]");
newXpath = regex.Replace(newXpath, @"tr[{0}]");
ScenarioContext.Current["xpath"] = newXpath;
}
In this code snippet, the identified XPath variable is stored in ScenarioContext, with an added step to trim the XPath up to the point of the 'td' tag. This trimming process can be omitted based on your requirements.