Question

The following works as expected:

 within('h2', text: 'foo') do
      should have_content 'bar'
 end

I am trying to check within the parent element, using find(:xpath, '..')

Once you find an element, how to apply .find(:xpath, '..'), and then check for something within that element?

Answer 1

When you use XPath locator inside within it should start with . (if it doesn’t start with . the search is done not within .myclass but within the whole document).

E.g.:

within('.myclass') do
  find(:xpath, './div')
end

or:

find('.myclass').find(:xpath, './div')

Code from @BSeven’s answer can be written in one line:

expect(find("//h2[text()='foo']/..")).to have_text('bar')

or

expect(page).to have_xpath("//h2[.='foo']/..", text: 'bar')