Testing
Browser console
$x("//div")
Works in Firefox and Chrome.
Selectors
Descendant selectors
| CSS |
Xpath |
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h1 |
//h1 |
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div p |
//div//p |
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ul > li |
//ul/li |
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ul > li > a |
//ul/li/a |
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div > * |
//div/* |
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:root |
/ |
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:root > body |
/body |
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Attribute selectors
| CSS |
Xpath |
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#id |
//*[@id="id"] |
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.class |
//*[@class="class"] …kinda |
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input[type="submit"] |
//input[@type="submit"] |
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a#abc[for="xyz"] |
//a[@id="abc"][@for="xyz"] |
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a[rel] |
//a[@rel] |
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a[href^='/'] |
//a[starts-with(@href, '/')] |
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a[href$='pdf'] |
//a[ends-with(@href, '.pdf')] |
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a[href*='://'] |
//a[contains(@href, '://')] |
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a[rel~='help'] |
//a[contains(@rel, 'help')] …kinda |
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Order selectors
| CSS |
Xpath |
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ul > li:first-child |
//ul/li[1] |
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ul > li:nth-child(2) |
//ul/li[2] |
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ul > li:last-child |
//ul/li[last()] |
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li#id:first-child |
//li[@id="id"][1] |
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a:first-child |
//a[1] |
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a:last-child |
//a[last()] |
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Siblings
| CSS |
Xpath |
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h1 ~ ul |
//h1/following-sibling::ul |
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h1 + ul |
//h1/following-sibling::ul[1] |
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h1 ~ #id |
//h1/following-sibling::[@id="id"] |
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jQuery
| CSS |
Xpath |
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$('ul > li').parent() |
//ul/li/.. |
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$('li').closest('section') |
//li/ancestor-or-self::section |
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$('a').attr('href') |
//a/@href |
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$('span').text() |
//span/text() |
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Other things
| CSS |
Xpath |
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h1:not([id]) |
//h1[not(@id)] |
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| Text match |
//button[text()="Submit"] |
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| Text match (substring) |
//button[contains(text(),"Go")] |
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| Arithmetic |
//product[@price > 2.50] |
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| Has children |
//ul[*] |
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| Has children (specific) |
//ul[li] |
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| Or logic |
//a[@name or @href] |
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| Union (joins results) |
//a | //div |
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Class check
//div[contains(concat(' ',normalize-space(@class),' '),' foobar ')]
Xpath doesn’t have the “check if part of space-separated list” operator, so this is the workaround ([source](