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Bug 24847 - [WebDriver Spec]: Extend the find-by-link-text location strategy to apply to all elements
Summary: [WebDriver Spec]: Extend the find-by-link-text location strategy to apply to ...
Status: NEW
Alias: None
Product: Browser Test/Tools WG
Classification: Unclassified
Component: WebDriver (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Hardware: PC All
: P2 normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Browser Testing and Tools WG
QA Contact: Browser Testing and Tools WG
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Blocks: 24121
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Reported: 2014-02-27 23:46 UTC by Wilhelm Joys Andersen
Modified: 2014-07-07 15:58 UTC (History)
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Description Wilhelm Joys Andersen 2014-02-27 23:46:43 UTC 
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