Selenium WebDriver C# not find element by FindElement(by.xpath)

Question

I am trying to find the element <td>!!mmm region test !!mmm region test</td> in the table below.

...
<div class="panel-body cim-padding-zero">
   <div class="row">
      <div class="col-md-12">
         <section id="UserListArea">
            <div class="jtable-main-container">
               ...
<table class="jtable">
    ...
    <tbody>
        <tr class="jtable-data-row jtable-row-even Pointer" data-record-key="88">
            <td></td>
        </tr>
        <tr class="jtable-data-row Pointer" data-record-key="301">
            <td></td>
        </tr>
        <tr class="jtable-data-row jtable-row-even Pointer" data-record-key="302">
            <td></td>
        </tr>
        <tr class="jtable-data-row Pointer" data-record-key="524">
            <td></td>
        </tr>
        <tr class="jtable-data-row jtable-row-even Pointer jtable-row-selected" data-record-key="651">
            <td>!!mmm region test !!mmm region test</td>
        </tr>
        ...
    </tbody>
</table>        
...

I have tried this

IWebElement UserList = driver.FindElement(By.XPath("//section[@id='UserListArea']/div/table/tbody/tr[5]/td"));

and this

IWebElement UserList = driver.FindElement(By.XPath("//*[@id='UserListArea']/div/table/tbody/tr[5]/td"));

but in every case I get the error

OpenQA.Selenium.NoSuchElementException: Unable to locate element: {"method":"xpath","selector":"//section[@id='UserListArea']/div/table/tbody/tr[5]/td"}

Answer 1

You can try below Xpath:-

//*[@id='UserListArea']/div/table/tbody/tr[5]/td[contains(.,'!!mmm region test !!mmm region test')]

OR

//*[@id='UserListArea']//tr[@data-record-key='651']/td

OR

//tr[@class='jtable-data-row jtable-row-even Pointer jtable-row-selected']/td

If still selenium show you NoSuchElementException then check that if there is any frame present. if frame is there then you need to switch to frame first

Answer 2

Please, next time edit your HTML more properly. It is very uncomfortable to read

//tr[@data-record-key="651"]/td

That works for me