XPath Examples for QTP Web Objects

QTP XPath examples to identify web objects. XPath is a language for addressing parts of an XML document. Xpath expressions to select nodes or node-sets in an XML document.

In this blog, we have listed some useful XPath locating techniques for QTP (Automation Testing Tool). If you are a beginner, you can refer this list to improve object locating strategy.

Identifying using ID attribute

obj.WebEdit("xpath:=//input[@id='htmlID']").Set "QTP"  
  

Identifying using Type attribute

'Setting value in first textBox
obj.WebEdit("xpath:=//input[@type='text'][1]").Set "QTP"
  

Identifying using Tagname

'Highlighting first listBox
obj.WebList("xpath:=//select[1]").Select "London"
  

Identifying using Innertext

'Clicking Google link
obj.Link("xpath:=//a[.='Google']").Click
  

Identifying WebTable based on Rowcount

'Highlighting the table which has only two rows
obj.WebTable("xpath:=//table[count(.//tr)=2]").Highlight