XPather

XPather

Chrome extension for XPath operations on current document, reliable and easy to use with fully featured XPath 2.0 support.

What is XPather?
XPather is a chrome extension dedicated to facilitating XPath operations on the current document. Built with complete support for XPath 2.0, it offers features like searching by evaluating XPath, instant result highlighting, overview of matched nodes content in a sidebar, localized search of nodes on the webpage by clicking on the sidebar and predefined shortcuts for functions and attributes. Keyboard shortcuts can be personalized and convenient autocomplete shortcuts are available. The accessible code and log can be found at XPather's GitHub page.
Stats
By: Simek
Users: 10,000+
Rating: 4.05 (41)
Version: 0.7.6 (Last updated: 2015-07-20)
Creation date: 2015-07-20
Risk impact: Moderate risk impact
Risk likelihood: Low risk likelihood
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
  • activeTab
  • contextMenus
  • storage
  • <all_urls>
Size: 72.11K
URLs: Website
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Summary

Features

  • search by evaluating XPath (so forget about not working expressions!)
  • instant result highlighting
  • matched nodes content available in sidebar
  • find matched node on page by clicking it in sidebar
  • functions and attributes shortcuts

Keyboard shortcuts

Alt+X: toggle XPather Alt+Shift+X: toggle XPather Sidebar (when XPather is active) Alt+Z: autocomplete XPather input

All shortcuts are customizable using "Keyboard Shortcuts" option located on the bottom of Chrome extensions page (chrome://extensions).

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User reviews
User reviews summary
These summaries are automatically generated weekly using AI based on recent user reviews. Chrome Web Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.
Pros
  • Easy to use and fast
  • Helpful for finding elements inside complex structures like tables
  • Good at highlighting and showing details for XPath lookups
Cons
  • Issues with recognizing valid XPaths
  • Shortcut key problems (especially on MacOSX)
  • Sometimes doesn't work and shows errors in dev console
Most mentioned
  • Usefulness in testing and verifying XPaths
  • Issues with the extension not functioning correctly or errors
  • Lack of certain features (e.g., export feature) or UX issues (e.g., difficulty in searching and recalling the plugin's name)
Recent reviews
by Hassan elhllos Hassan elhllos, 2024-03-27

Simply doesn't work (Chrome 122.0.6261.69) Looking at the dev console: Keyboard shortcut yields "Uncaught ReferenceError: toggleSidebar is not defined" clicking the icon yields "Uncaught ReferenceError: init is not defined"
by Simon Harrison Simon Harrison, 2024-03-01

great tool
by hazi omar ali hazi omar ali, 2020-04-05
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Safety
Risk impact

XPather may not be safe to use and it requires some risky permissions. Exercise caution when installing this extension. Review carefully before installing.

Risk likelihood

XPather has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.

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