Selenium xpath selector based on the element text

Question

What would a Selenium xpath selector be for the following HTML:

   
First
   
Second
   
Third<         


        

Answer 1

You can use like this:

//li[. = "Second"]

OR

//li[contains(., "Second")]

Here, contains mean that you can match the partial text, so below one is also correct:

//li[contains(., "Seco")]

Answer 2

If you want to get by text

[.= 'Second']

or

[text() = 'Second']

Answer 3

By.xpath( "//li[contains(text(), 'Second')]" )

Answer 4

I think this is what you are looking for

ul/li[contains(text(), "Second")]

and better still

ul/li[text() = 'Second']