WebDriver can't find element by xpath using Java

Question

The following is the snippet of WebDriver code using Java:

        WebDriver driver = new FirefoxDriver();
        driver.get(\"http://www.google.pl/\");
                


        

Answer 1

In this case the XPath expression you want is:

//html/body/center/form/table/tbody/tr/td[2]/div/input

Or you could use this (a little more intuitive):

//input[@title='Google Search']

Keep in mind that if you will be identifying a lot of elements by XPath it would be advisable to become fluent in XPath, you could start here: Xpath Tutorial

In the meantime, use Firefox and install the following plugins:

Firebug

FirePath or Firefinder

These will help you easily identify valid XPath expressions to use for your website.