Multiple links with the same name on a page

I need help to differentiate between multiple links with the same name on a page in Selenium IDE. I need to click on the third link on the page. Selenium IDE records it as a reference with session ID and timestamp:

selenium.click("//a[@href='http://[blah-blah-blah]3D&time_stamp=1178132536869']");

This line does not work when I try to re-run the test.

What would you recommend to use in this situation?

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Comments (2)

 

  1. May 02, 2007

    J. David Beutel says:

    You could try a different XPath. An easy way to get one is from Firebug. After...

    You could try a different XPath. An easy way to get one is from Firebug. After you install and enable the Firebug extension, you

    1. right-click on the link you want
    2. select Inspect Element
    3. in the Firebug frame, right-click on the highlighted element
    4. select Copy XPath
    5. paste into the Selenium IDE target

  2. Mar 08, 2011

    Chidambaram Angappan says:

    But David this will be a lengthy text, if I want to use the shortest xpath for t...

    But David this will be a lengthy text, if I want to use the shortest xpath for the multiple link with same name what can be done ? Is there a way to learn this xpath procedure quickly :-)