How to get the xpath by clicking an html element

Question

I am quite new to programming and have to generate a Xpath on clicking an html element. for example :if i have clicked on text box of username then it should give me the xpa

Answer 1

This code give path of element.

      $('a').click(function () {
            var XPATH = "";
            var FindParent = true;
            var _parent = $(this);

            while (FindParent) {
                var myParent = _parent.parent();
                if (myParent != null) {
                    XPATH += myParent.prop("tagName") + "/";
                    _parent = myParent;
                }
                else {
                    FindParent = false;
                }

            }
        })