How can I use selenium to get the last element in a list?

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I have such a structure

How does it look visually

I'm trying to get the last item and click on it, but the 4th item is selected.

driver.findElement(By.xpath(("//*[@id=\"page-body\"]/div/div[2]/ul[last()]"))).click();

How do I click on the last item and on 55?

Why don't you put some attributes on those elements to make them easier to target? — jonrsharpe, Commented Mar 24, 2019 at 12:26
Well you're trying to click on a link to page 55, how much easier would that be with e.g. [data-qa="page-link"][data-qa-value="55"]? That way you don't have to build a complicated XPath that could easily go out of date as things move around. — jonrsharpe, Commented Mar 24, 2019 at 12:33
You can put other attributes on too, if you want something to tell you it's the last one that's fine. E.g. [data-qa-rel="last"]. The point is to rely on useful information not just structure. — jonrsharpe, Commented Mar 24, 2019 at 12:35

Alexey R. · Accepted Answer · 2019-03-25 09:29:51Z

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When you look up elements using xpath like this:

driver.findElement(By.xpath(("//*[@id=\"page- body\"]/div/div[2]/ul[last()]"))).click();

you basically look up the last ul element that is

So, your code could look like:

driver.findElement(By.xpath("//div[@class='pagination']/ul/li[last()]")).click();

answered Mar 25, 2019 at 9:29

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João Farias · Accepted Answer · 2019-03-25 10:44:32Z

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"//div[@class="pagination"]/li[not(contains(@class, 'arrow') and last()])]/a"

Breaking down:

Inside a div with class pagination -> //div[@class="pagination"]

Look for the li without the arrow class -> li[not(contains(@class, 'arrow')

And fetch the last one -> and last()]

Inside this li, look for a link -> /a

answered Mar 25, 2019 at 10:44

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