Selenide doesn't find the Web element

Question

Could somebody help to understand what is wrong with element searching via Selenide.

I have such HTML code:

<div>
  Current method: 
  <strong>
    SMS
  </strong>
</div>

The Selenium finds the element throw this xpath

findElement(By.xpath("//div[contains(. , \"Current method\")]/strong"))

but Selenide returns ElementNotFound exception with the same locator

$(By.xpath("//div[contains(. , \"Current method\")]/strong"))

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Nov 24 '17 at 12:27

1

If you need strong, you can just

   $(By.xpath("//strong[contains(text(),'SMS')]"))

answered Nov 24 '17 at 12:27

Mzia

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 07 '18 at 16:16

1

You can us following option. $("strong:contains('SMS')"); Using css selectors method

answered Jan 07 '18 at 16:16

Amar Nath Yadav

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Nov 08 '17 at 13:08

0

You can try :

$(byText("Current method:")).shouldBe(Condition.exist);

answered Nov 08 '17 at 13:08

Slavik Muz

score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Nov 24 '17 at 15:59

Using Selenium-> findElement(By.xpath("//div[contains(text(), 'Current method')]/strong"));

Using Selenide-> $(By.xpath("//div[contains(text(), 'Current method')]/strong"));

These two method can be used in selenium as well as selenide.Methods are not specific to Selenium or selenide

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