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Asked: 2026-06-09T03:28:43+00:00

I always seem to have trouble with xpath axis expressions… In some expressions I

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I always seem to have trouble with xpath axis expressions…

In some expressions I have used ../ to refer to the parent node, but is that not valid for test expressions? Or is my syntax just wrong?

<xsl:when test="../../[@status='current']">

My goal is to apply an attribute inside the xsl:when IF the parent’s parent has a status attribute with a value of ‘current’.

EDIT: self::parent/parent[@status='current'] is a valid xpath expression and may be what I want, can anyone confirm? I might not be going far enough.

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  1. Editorial Team

    The problem is in /[. You can change it to

    ../../self::*[@status='current']
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