Select Element By Text in Selenium

Question

This may sound so simple but why there is no method to find element by its inner text without using xpath? for instance there is an element:

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Answer 1

There is a linkText method:

driver.findElement(By.linkText("Some Text"))

You also have partialLinkText:

driver.findElement(By.partialLinkText("Partial Text"))

For examples, see how-to-locate-element-by-link-text-and-partial-link-text-locator

Edit: As @Cajova_Houba mentioned that it works only for anchor elements