element not find when value contains html entities

[lukeis]

Originally reported on Google Code with ID 5626

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information about how best to get help, and tells you what we need to know.

Not found right answer there (or maybe I did wrong search).

What steps will reproduce the problem?

1. view test_first_second.html (reduced case)
2. in Selenium IDE insert command >verifyElementPresent //input[@value="First"]< and
click Find bt - all OK, found First bt, yellow flash
3. modify to >verifyElementPresent //input[@value="Second"]< - [error] locator not
found: //input[@value="Second"]
4. >verifyElementPresent //input[@value="Second "]< (with one space) - [error] locator
not found: //input[@value="Second "]
5. >verifyElementPresent //input[@value="Second&nbsp;"]< - [error] locator not found:
//input[@value="Second&nbsp;"]
6. >verifyElementPresent //input[@value="Third     "]< ( w/ 5 spaces - all OK, found
Third bt, yellow flash

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?
Expected finding element Second one or another way, now there isn't possibility to
find such element.

Selenium version: Selenium IDE 2.0.0
OS: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS updated
Browser: Mozilla Firefox
Browser version: 20.0 canonical 1.0

Reduced case test_first_second.html attached. Tested on type="button" and type="text",
the same results.
test case 1st-2nd-3rd.selcase attached, too.

Regards
Pietro

Reported by zio.pietro.53 on 2013-05-10 14:25:54

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• _Attachment: test_first_second.html_
• Attachment: 1st-2nd-3rd.selcase

[lukeis]

Reported by barancev on 2013-05-10 19:33:47

[lukeis]

what is the exact benefit of verifyElementPresent command, plz reply in brief?

Reported by rrgaikwad21 on 2014-10-04 08:41:32

[lukeis]

Reported by luke.semerau on 2015-09-17 17:45:12

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