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XPath
Answers on XPath text matching, attributes, siblings, Selenium locators, and scraper selector patterns.
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How do you use XPath to find an element that contains specific text?
Use contains() in XPath to match partial text. Prefer contains(., 'value') over contains(text(), 'value') when the element has nested tags or split labels.
Apr 28, 2026
What does preceding-sibling do in XPath?
preceding-sibling:: selects sibling nodes before the context node under the same parent. Index [1] is the closest sibling, not the first in document order.
Apr 28, 2026