XPath Axes

AxisName	Description
ancestor	Select all parent nodes(ancestor: parent,grandparent etc) of the current node.
ancestor-or-self	Select all parent nodes(ancestor: parent,grandparent etc) of the current node and the node itself.
attribute	Contains all attributes of the current node.
child	Contains the children of the current node.
descendant	Contains all children of the current node.
descendant-or-self	Contains all children of the current node and the node itself.
following	Select all nodes in the document that come after the current node.
following-sibling	Contains all the following siblings of the current node. Note: Siblings are the same level nodes as the current node.
parent	Select the parent of the current node.
preceding	Contains all nodes that come before the current node.
preceding-sibling	Contains all siblings before the current node. Note: Siblings are the same level nodes as the current node.

 

Axes usage is shown below:

'Without predicate

axisname::node_test

'with predicate

axisname::node_test[predicate]

 

In QTP:

Browser("name:=Working with XPath.*").WebElement("xpath:=target/axisname::node_text[predicate]").Click

Browser("name:=Working with XPath.*").WebElement("xpath:=(//tr[@class='row2'])[1]/descendant::td[1]").Click