Absolute vs Relative XPath in Selenium | Most Important XPath Rule in Software Testing

Many Selenium beginners can write XPath —
but very few understand why some XPath works today and fails tomorrow.

In this video, we clearly explain the difference between Absolute XPath and Relative XPath in Selenium WebDriver — a concept that directly impacts the stability of your automation scripts.

If your test cases break whenever the UI changes, this lesson will fix that problem permanently.

In this tutorial, you’ll learn:
What Absolute XPath really means
How browsers generate “Full XPath”
Why Absolute XPath breaks easily in real projects
What Relative XPath is and how it searches the DOM
Why Relative XPath is the industry-standard locator strategy
The golden XPath rule followed in professional automation frameworks

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This topic is also a frequent Selenium interview question, so mastering it boosts both your automation skills and job readiness.

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