Adding a piece of doc to clarify XPath search contexts. Fixes issue 3234

paymand · Oct 18, 2013 · 9f1a7b6 · 9f1a7b6
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diff --git a/dotnet/src/webdriver/By.cs b/dotnet/src/webdriver/By.cs
@@ -150,6 +150,9 @@ public static By Name(string nameToFind)
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Gets a mechanism to find elements by an XPath query.
+        /// When searching within a WebElement using xpath be aware that webdriver follows standard conventions:
+        /// a search prefixed with "//" will search the entire document, not just the children of this current node.
+        /// Use ".//" to limit your search to the children of this WebElement.
         /// </summary>
         /// <param name="xpathToFind">The XPath query to use.</param>
         /// <returns>A <see cref="By"/> object the driver can use to find the elements.</returns>