Hello I have the following input fields <input type="text" readOnly="readonly" value="RKmFFz5H"/> <input type="text" readOnly="readonly" value="t77Gty2G"/> <input type="text" readOnly="readonly" value="npWX8NNy"/>
and since there is no html id or name, I'm using xpath to find the 2nd input field here is my xpath expression that I'm using //input[@type='text'][1] here is some of the code $edit_descriptions["pwd"] = { "xpath" => "//input[@type='text'][1]" } puts @b.text_field($edit_descriptions["pwd"]).value This is the exception I'm getting ---------- ruby.exe ---------- D:/Ruby186/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/watir-1.8.1/lib/watir/locator.rb:175:in `match?': xpath is an unknown way of finding an <INPUT> element (//input[@type='text'][1]) (Watir::Exception::MissingWayOfFindingObjectException) from D:/Ruby186/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/watir-1.8.1/lib/watir/locator.rb:28:in `match_with_specifiers?' from D:/Ruby186/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/watir-1.8.1/lib/watir/locator.rb:26:in `each' from D:/Ruby186/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/watir-1.8.1/lib/watir/locator.rb:26:in `match_with_specifiers?' from D:/Ruby186/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/watir-1.8.1/lib/watir/locator.rb:163:in `locate' from D:/Ruby186/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/watir-1.8.1/lib/watir/locator.rb:154:in `each' from D:/Ruby186/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/watir-1.8.1/lib/watir/locator.rb:154:in `locate' from D:/Ruby186/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/watir-1.8.1/lib/watir/container.rb:865:in `locate_input_element' from D:/Ruby186/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/watir-1.8.1/lib/watir/input_elements.rb:5:in `locate' from D:/Ruby186/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/watir-1.8.1/lib/watir/element.rb:55:in `assert_exists' from (eval):2:in `value' #<Watir::TextField:0x4e40b00 located=false how={"xpath"=>"//input[@type='text'][1]"} what=nil> Output completed (6 sec consumed) - Normal Termination Any ideas on where I'm going wrong with my xpath expression (I've looked at the example unittests also) or is there another solution to my problem? Basim -- Before posting, please read http://watir.com/support. In short: search before you ask, be nice. watir-general@googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/watir-general watir-general+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com