[Greasemonkey] generating XPath string from dom node

[Matt Labrum]

      function createxPath(e){

      var nodes = Array(e.tagName);
      parent = e.parentNode;

      while(parent){

      nodes[nodes.length] = parent.tagName;

      parent = parent.parentNode;

      }

      nodes = nodes.reverse();
      var xpath = '//';
      for(var i=0;i<nodes .length;i++){
      if(typeof(nodes[i])=='undefined')continue;
      xpath += nodes[i] + '/';
      }

      xpath = xpath.substr(0,xpath.length-1);
      return xpath;

      }

On 3/16/06, Al <anevare1 at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> Is there a simple technique for obtaining the XPath expression for a
> clicked-on html dom node?   Something similar to the way Platypus creates an
> XPath to a right-clicked element when it stores a user script.  Thanks for
> your suggestions.  Al
>
>
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