C# Selenium - Check text on web page

Question

The below function is what I have been using to check texts on web pages, but the function fails to find text put under 'br' tag. Kindly advice.

C#:

 public static IWebElement CheckTextOnPage(IWebDriver driver, string _text)
    {
        var buildXpath = "//*[contains(translate(text()[normalize-space()],'ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ','abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz'), '" + _text.ToLower() + "' )]";
        return driver.FindElement(By.XPath(buildXpath));
    }

Sample Html:

<html>
<div>
Test string 1.
<br>Test string 2.
<br>Test string 3.
</div>
</html>

_text.ToLower() what value this is ? if your value is Test string 2. this won't work? — KunduK
– KunduK, Commented Apr 15, 2020 at 14:55
XPath problem ? As @KunduK stated, please provide html code. You can try this alternate XPath expression : //text()[normalize-space()][contains(translate(.,'ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ','abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz'), '" + _text.ToLower() + "' )]/parent::* — E.Wiest
– E.Wiest, Commented Apr 15, 2020 at 15:04
Nice. If everything's fine, you can mark the answer as accepted. — E.Wiest
– E.Wiest, Commented Apr 15, 2020 at 16:41

E.Wiest · Accepted Answer · 2020-04-15 16:39:20Z

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You can try this alternate XPath expression :

//text()[normalize-space()][contains(translate(.,'ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ','abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz'), '" + _text.ToLower() + "' )]/parent::*

answered Apr 15, 2020 at 16:39

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