Question

<table>
  <tbody>
    <tr>
      <th style="width:200px;">Features</th>
      <th style="width:300px;">Settings for this entry round</th>
      <th style="width:300px;">
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td style="background-color: rgb(234, 234, 234);"> is_team_round </td>
      <td style="text-align:center;">
      <div>
        <select id="account_3" onchange="changeAccount(3);" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">
      <div> </div>
      </div>
      </td>
      <td style="text-align:center;"> Yes </td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td> is_file_uploads </td>
      <td style="text-align:center;">
      <div>
        <select id="account_4" onchange="changeAccount(4);">
      <div> </div>
      </div>
      </td>
      <td style="text-align:center;"> Yes </td>
    </tr>
  </tbody>
</table>

How can I select the ID account 3 depending if the text is is_team_round?

I tried //td[contains(text(), 'is_team_round')], and it selects is_team_round.

Then I tried //td[contains(text(), 'is_team_round')]//select[@id='account_3'], but it doesn’t work

Answer 1

Try the xpath:

//tr[./td[contains(text(), 'is_team_round')]]//select

This says to find the row (tr) that has the cell (td) with text ‘is_team_round”. Then find the select list inside that row.

Note: Your original solution did not work because it tried to find a select list inside the cell containing the text. As seen in the HTML, the select list is not inside the same cell. Hence, the need to use a common ancestor (ie the row).