allow to move up to the parent or select current element

webdriverio · Aug 25, 2015 · dc65b2c · dc65b2c
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diff --git a/lib/helpers/find-element-strategy.js b/lib/helpers/find-element-strategy.js
@@ -97,6 +97,10 @@ module.exports = function findStrategy() {
         using = 'xpath';
         value = xpathPrefix + (tag.length ? tag : '*') + '[contains(@' + classOrId + ', "' + classOrIdName + '") and contains(., "' + query.join('*=') + '")]';
 
+    // allow to move up to the parent or select current element
+    } else if (value === '..' || value === '.')  {
+        using = 'xpath';
+
     // if nothing fits with the supported strategies we fall back to the css selector strategy
     } else {
         using = 'css selector';