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Asked: 2026-06-13T20:30:42+00:00

Given following markup <div> <a>Username1</a> </div> <div> <button>Unblock</button> </div> <div> <a>Username2</a> </div> <div> <button>Unblock</button>

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Given following markup

<div>
    <a>Username1</a>
</div>
<div>
    <button>Unblock</button>
</div>
<div>
    <a>Username2</a>
</div>
<div>
    <button>Unblock</button>
</div>
<div>
    <a>Username3</a>
</div>
<div>
    <button>Unblock</button>
</div>

How do I select button element which is a cousin of a element with text Username2?

I can select the a element with //a[contains(., 'Username2')], so I thought that //a[contains(., 'Username2')]/following-sibling::/div/button would select the correct button, but that does not work. I think that it’s not even valid XPATH.

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  1. Editorial Team

    You were close:

    //a[contains(., 'Username2')]/../following-sibling::div[1]/button

    To navigate to the cousin you first have to go to the parent (..) and then to its sibling.

    Note that the following-sibling:: axis selects all following siblings, not only the first one. This means you must use [1] if you just want the first.

    This would also work:

    //a[. = 'Username2']/../following-sibling::div[1]/button

    So would this:

    //div[a = 'Username2']/following-sibling::div[1]/button
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