element not found via xpath

Question

I have a button:

 <button type="submit" class="btn btn-default btn-auth">Anmelden</button>

nightwatch doesn't find it these ways:

browser.waitForElementPresent('//button[@class="btn btn-default btn-auth"]', 5000); 
browser.waitForElementPresent('//button[contains(@class, "btn btn-default btn-auth")]', 5000); 
browser.waitForElementPresent('//button[text()="Anmelden"]', 5000); 
browser.waitForElementPresent('//button[contains(text(), "Anmelden")]', 5000);

but it is found this way:

browser.waitForElementPresent('.btn.btn-default.btn-auth');

Why are the 4 commands above not working? I have to checkout for text() because I have multiple buttons with the same class.

Just `× Timed out while waiting for element /button[contains(text(), "Anmelden")]> to be present for 5000 milliseconds. - expected "found" but got: "not found"` — Munchkin, May 17 '17 at 10:21

Sebastian Straburzyński · Accepted Answer · 2017-05-17T10:35:56.920

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If you want to find element by XPath, instead of class/id try this:

browser.useXpath().waitForElementPresent('//button[contains(@class,"btn-auth") and contains(text(),"Anmelden")]', 5000);

edited May 17 '17 at 10:35

answered May 17 '17 at 10:23

Sebastian Straburzyński

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered May 17 '17 at 10:39

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Use this xpath;

//button[.="Anmelden"]

answered May 17 '17 at 10:39

jova

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