Xpath / Getting the closest ancestor with some value

Question

I want to get the closest ancestor WebElementwith some attribute.

For instance:

<div>
    <i value1= "hello">
       <a value1 = "bye">
          <div id="2"> Hello </div></a></i></div>

I have WebElmentin Jave, which representsdiv (id="2")

How can I get the closest parent that has an attribute value1?

In this case, I would get item ac value1="bye".

I try the following: divElement.findElement(By.xpath("/ancestor-or-self::*[@value1]"));but this will not work.

+3

Or smith Feb 18 '14 at 15:41

2 answers

You looked at this answer here . I believe you need

WebElement element = driver.findElement(By.xpath("//div[@id='2']/preceding::*[@value1][1]"));

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nilesh 18 . '14 17:50

paul trmbrth · Accepted Answer · 2014-02-18T16:15:01+0000

Try a relative XPath expression, i.e. starting with ./not /:

divElement.findElement(By.xpath("./ancestor-or-self::*[@value1][1]"));