How to locate a nested element by using Selenium webdriver?

Question

I have the following html:

<label class="control-label col-sm-4" for="bla-bla">
   "Value date"
   ::after
</label>
<div class="col-sm-8">
   <div class="row">
      ::before
      <div class="col-sm-2>
         <label class="control-label" for="bla-bla">
            "Priority"
            ::after
         </label>
      </div>
      ::after
   </div>
   ::after
</div>

I need to extract both the elements like "Value date" and the "Priority" element. Here is my current solution:

elements = [f for f in driver.find_elements(By.XPATH, "//*[contains(@class, 'control-label')]")]

It works perfectly with the elements like "Value date", but it doesn't see the "Priority" element. I see that "Priority" is nested in the "Value date" element here. Maybe, it somehow affects the way XPATH works. I tried adding the exact class match, but without any result:

elements = [f for f in driver.find_elements(By.XPATH, "//*[contains(@class, 'control-label') or @class = 'control-label']")]

Answer 1

Actually the XPATH was working OK. The problem was in what I was doing with the found elements next. I was extracting text by using the .text() method which doesn't always work as expected. If you experience similar problems, try using .get_attribute('innerText') and .get_attribute('textContent').