As a user I want to see full locator path at any given moment

[oshtaier]

We should be able to see both in logs and in debug full locator description no matter where I am currently executing my code. For example:

ROOT = ".//a"
CHECKBOX = ".//input"

So for checkbox I should see not only ".//a//input", but full path like "//view_or_whatever//a//input"

[oshtaier]

That is critical issue as currently it is impossible to debug issues or it take huge amount of time

[mfalesni]

This is effectively impossible, as the locator resolution is gradual and any kind of locator can be mixed together and also custom code can influence the resolution as well.

[mfalesni]

WebElements could be monkey patched to contain the list of resolution steps that were taken to get it, but that is not suitable for logging, only for manual debug exploration.

[oshtaier]

so you want to say that you cannot debug locators in any way?

[mfalesni]

The way you want it, no.

[abalakh]

@izapolsk could you please pick this issue?