How to Identify Siblings and Traverse Back to Parent Nodes with XPATH?

The video tutorial covers the use of Xpath in web automation, focusing on navigating between elements using absolute and relative Xpath. It discusses handling dynamic elements, traversing between siblings and parents, and highlights the differences between Xpath and CSS. The tutorial includes practical exercises and scenarios to enhance understanding, particularly for interview preparation.

What is the primary purpose of using absolute or relative XPath?

• To enhance the security of a web page

• To change the style of a web page

• To navigate between different web pages

• To move between elements in a web page

Why might sibling navigation be necessary in web automation?

• To handle static web elements

• To manage dynamic IDs that change with each refresh

• To improve the speed of web page loading

• To enhance the visual design of a web page

What is a key challenge when dealing with dynamic web elements?

• Dynamic IDs

• Fixed attributes

• Changing URLs

• Static IDs

Which XPath syntax is used to navigate to a sibling element?

• child

• parent

• following-sibling

• preceding-sibling

What is the correct syntax to identify a sibling using XPath?

• preceding-sibling::tagname

• tagname::sibling

• following-sibling::tagname

• sibling::tagname

How can you navigate back to a parent element using XPath?

• Using sibling::tagname

• Using child::tagname

• Using parent::tagname

• Using CSS selectors

What is a major difference between XPath and CSS?

• XPath can traverse back to parent, CSS cannot

• CSS can traverse back to parent, XPath cannot

• Both can traverse back to parent

• Neither can traverse back to parent

Which locator is used to identify a parent using a child element?

• CSS

• XPath

• ID

• Class

What is the purpose of using 'following-sibling' in XPath?

• To navigate to a child element

• To navigate to a following sibling

• To navigate to a preceding sibling

• To navigate to a parent element

What will be covered in the next lecture?

• JavaScript integration

• Database connectivity

• How to identify an element with the text

• Advanced CSS techniques