26092 2014-06-13 21:00:24 +0000 findElement doesn't tell that it should find element only inside current element 2016-05-09 09:58:48 +0000 1 1 1 Unclassified Browser Test/Tools WG WebDriver unspecified All All RESOLVED FIXED P2 normal --- 20860 1 botalov.andrey public-browser-tools-testing ato dburns mike public-browser-tools-testing oldest_to_newest 107815 0 botalov.andrey 2014-06-13 21:00:24 +0000 I means this: findElement(loc1).findElement(loc2) 107852 1 ato 2014-06-16 11:22:48 +0000 So the spec only defines the service provider interface (SPI) to WebDriver and not the API as seen from a client binding language, so the example you use makes no sense because WebElement returned by findElement doesn't hold any session state or control. But you're right that finding elements in the context of another element seems to be missing. 126381 2 dburns 2016-05-09 09:58:48 +0000 This was fixed in https://github.com/w3c/webdriver/commit/15c9632133105079208b7a75cae7520b92ac8066