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Asked: 2026-05-20T04:41:22+00:00

I am getting different results for the same locator. For example //table[@id=’foo’] returns true

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I am getting different results for the same locator. For example

//table[@id='foo']

returns true when testing ElementPresent, but returns 0 for XpathCount. In Selenium v1.0.10 IDE the Find button highlights the correct element for both functions. Any ideas on what could be causing this?

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  • We have frames on the page EDIT: This is probably the problem. Bounty to verification.
  • There are many tables on the page, but only one with @id of “foo”
  • Firefox 3.6
  • Happens in both IDE and Java RC
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  1. Editorial Team

    Well, this is not a verification more of a non-verification.

    I use Selenium to test a GUI with frames. To make isElementPresent and getXpathCount to work I always have to select a frame first with selectFrame (even to get isElementPresent to work correctly). By just opening an URL no frame at all seems to be selected.

    This is what the HTML and corresponding selectFrame code looks like:

    <frameset id="mainframeset"><frame name="nav" id="nav" src....

selenium.selectFrame("nav");
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