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To use XPath in Playwright we can use `page.locator()` method and prefix our selector with `xpath=` or `//`. For example: python```python from playwright.sync_api import sync_playwright with sync_playwright() as pw: browser = pw.chromium.launch(headless=False) context = browser.new_context(viewport={"width": 1920, "height": 1080}) page = context.new_page() page.goto("https://google.com/") h2_element = page.locator("//h2") # or h2_element = page.locator("xpath=//h2") ``` ⚠ It's possible that this command will try to find elements *before* the page has fully loaded if it's a dynamic javascript page. 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