Locate elements with Java, XPath and ControlType

Hey,

Is there a possibility to locate an element with XPath and the ControlType of an element? When I try to locate an element with /*[contains(@Name,'WindowName')] and use the method element.getAttribute("ControlType"); I’ll get the following output for the attribute: {ProgrammaticName=ControlType.Window, Id=50032, LocalizedControlType=window}.

How can I check for ControlType.Window in my XPath query? The query /*[contains(@ControlType,'ControlType.Window') and contains(@Name,'WindowName')] seems not to work.

[NickAb]

@heler12 , driver element usually represents root of your desktop, so searching for /* will search imidiate childrens of desktop only, i.e. open windows, not menu items inside those windows. Most likely you wanted following xpath //*[contains(@Name,'File')], note double slash, which means search in all descendants.

But note that it will traverse a lot of elements in all open windows on your desktop which might make your test run very slow. It is recommended to first locate a window of interest and then use xpath starting from this window. So, you can use your old locator, but you will need to replace driver with mainWindow, where mainWindow is element that correspond to notepad window that you found before.

var window = driver.findElement(By.xpath("/*[contains(@Name,'Notepad++')]"));
window.findElement(By.xpath("//*[contains(@Name,'File') and [contains(@ControlType,'MenuItem')]")).click(); 
// I think it is good idea to limit search scope as much as possible, e.g. by saying it is MenuItem

[rateebhatt]

yes correct