Which is better CSS or Xpath Considering performance and cross browser testing

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I was using Selenium for my web application for the testing the page content. For this which is better according to performance & which supports all the browsers (i.e. IE 7,8,9, FF, Chrome etc).
Apr 17, 2018 in Selenium by code_ninja
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According to css has better performance compared to xpath and it is well documented in Selenium community. Here are some reasons,

  • Xpath engines are different in each browser, hence make them inconsistent
  • IE does not have a native xpath engine, therefore selenium injects its own xpath engine for compatibility of its API. Hence we lose the advantage of using native browser features that WebDriver inherently promotes.
  • Xpath tend to become complex and hence make hard to read in my opinion

In case of searching for a parent element or searching element by its text xpath would be preferred.

answered Apr 17, 2018 by Shubham
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