26092 – findElement doesn't tell that it should find element only inside current element

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Bug 26092 - findElement doesn't tell that it should find element only inside current element

Summary: findElement doesn't tell that it should find element only inside current element

Status:	RESOLVED FIXED

Alias:	None

Product:	Browser Test/Tools WG
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	WebDriver (show other bugs)
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All All

Importance:	P2 normal
Target Milestone:	---
Assignee:	Browser Testing and Tools WG
QA Contact:	Browser Testing and Tools WG

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Blocks:	20860
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Reported:	2014-06-13 21:00 UTC by Andrey Botalov
Modified:	2016-05-09 09:58 UTC (History)
CC List:	3 users (show)

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Description Andrey Botalov 2014-06-13 21:00:24 UTC

I means this:
findElement(loc1).findElement(loc2)

Comment 1 Andreas Tolfsen 2014-06-16 11:22:48 UTC

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.

Comment 2 David Burns :automatedtester 2016-05-09 09:58:48 UTC

This was fixed in https://github.com/w3c/webdriver/commit/15c9632133105079208b7a75cae7520b92ac8066