24847 2014-02-27 23:46:43 +0000 [WebDriver Spec]: Extend the find-by-link-text location strategy to apply to all elements 2014-07-07 15:58:02 +0000 1 1 1 Unclassified Browser Test/Tools WG WebDriver unspecified PC All NEW P2 normal --- 24121 1 w public-browser-tools-testing dburns mike public-browser-tools-testing oldest_to_newest 101561 0 w 2014-02-27 23:46:43 +0000 Many of the interactive elements in web applications these days are not links, but arbitrary elements with event handlers. To test interaction with such elements, test authors often resort to using XPath. XPath is an undesirable anti-pattern that should be killed with fire. To be able to fry it, we must first cater to its usecases and make it obsolete. The first step can be to allow any element to be selected by its (visible) text: https://dvcs.w3.org/hg/webdriver/raw-file/default/webdriver-spec.html#link-text