Selenium WebDriver findElement(By.xpath()) not working for me

Question

I\'ve been through the xpath tutorials and checked many other posts, hence I\'m not sure what I\'m missing. I\'m simply trying to find the following element by xpath:

Answer 1

your syntax is completely wrong....you need to give findelement to the driver

i.e your code will be :

WebDriver driver = new FirefoxDriver();
WebeElement element ;

element = driver.findElement(By.xpath("//[@test-id='test-username']"); 

// your xpath is: "//[@test-id='test-username']"

i suggest try this :"//*[@test-id='test-username']"