Selenium - Find a child element under a DIV

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Well, depending on what language you're using, the method call will be different, but the selector should be the same across language bindings:

css:

"div.menuBar .menuItem"

xpath:

"//div[@class='menuBar']//*[@class='menuItem']"

In java, the call would look like this:

driver.find(By.cssSelector("div.menuBar .menuItem"));

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Updated on July 26, 2022

bpk almost 2 years
Can someone help me with the below HTML:
```
<div id="ext-156" class="menuBar">
  <a id="ext-234" href="javascript:void(0);" class="active">
    <i id="ext-365" class="menuItem"></i>
  </a>
</div> 
```
I am looking for the element with class "menuItem" and only from inside the div with class "menuBar" in Selenium.
Saifur almost 9 years

I guess you meant to write //div[@class='menuBar']//i[@class='menuItem'] as xpath?
aholt almost 9 years

@Saifur you can do the xpath selector without the tag name. It might require a wildcard (*) though....been a while since I've used xpath.
Saifur almost 9 years

In that case you need to use * for tag independent search as shown by @SiKing
bpk almost 9 years

@aholt if the element comes under more than 1 div then how will you make the nested cssSelector expression?
aholt almost 9 years

not sure what your meaning is. maybe update your question with an example of what you are asking?