diff --git a/app/uiauto/appium/app.js b/app/uiauto/appium/app.js
index 8d5b4404..5cd980e2 100644
--- a/app/uiauto/appium/app.js
+++ b/app/uiauto/appium/app.js
@@ -177,14 +177,12 @@ $.extend(au, {
       return this._returnElems(elems);
     }
 
-  , getElementsByType: function(type, ctx) {
-      var selector = type;
-
+  , convertSelector: function(selector) {
       // some legacy: be backwards compatible, mechanic.js
-      switch (type) {
+      switch (selector) {
         case 'tableView':
         case 'textField':
-          selector = type.toLowerCase();
+          selector = selector.toLowerCase();
           break;
         case 'staticText':
           selector = 'text';
@@ -196,6 +194,11 @@ $.extend(au, {
           selector = 'secure';
           break;
       }
+      return selector;
+    }
+
+  , getElementsByType: function(type, ctx) {
+      var selector = this.convertSelector(type);
 
       var elems = [];
 
@@ -251,8 +254,9 @@ $.extend(au, {
         elems = $(_ctx);
         for (var i = 0; i < xpObj.path.length; i++) {
           var path = xpObj.path[i];
+          path.node = this.convertSelector(path.node);
           if (path.search === "child") {
-            elems = elems.children(path.node);
+            elems = elems.childrenByType(path.node);
           } else if (path.search === "desc") {
             elems = elems.find(path.node);
           }
diff --git a/app/uiauto/lib/mechanic.js b/app/uiauto/lib/mechanic.js
index c6b5f3f5..7fad53b2 100644
--- a/app/uiauto/lib/mechanic.js
+++ b/app/uiauto/lib/mechanic.js
@@ -296,6 +296,19 @@ var mechanic = (function() {
         children: function(selector) {
             return filtered(this.map(function(){ return slice.call(this.elements()) }), selector);
         },
+        childrenByType: function(type) {
+          var result = this.map(function() {
+            var children = this.elements();
+            var filtered = [];
+            for (var i = 0; i < children.length; i++) {
+              if (children[i].isType(type)) {
+                filtered.push(children[i]);
+              }
+            }
+            return filtered;
+          });
+          return $(result);
+        },
         siblings: function(selector) {
             return filtered(this.map(function(i, el) {
                 return slice.call(el.parent().elements()).filter(function(child){ return child!==el });
diff --git a/test/functional/uicatalog/findElement.js b/test/functional/uicatalog/findElement.js
index 1af82582..0e1d884d 100644
--- a/test/functional/uicatalog/findElement.js
+++ b/test/functional/uicatalog/findElement.js
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 "use strict";
 
 var describeWd = require("../../helpers/driverblock.js").describeForApp('UICatalog')
+  , _ = require("underscore")
   , should = require('should');
 
 describeWd('findElementFromElement', function(h) {
@@ -103,20 +104,54 @@ describeWd('findElement(s)ByXpath', function(h) {
       });
     });
   });
-  it.only('should search an extended path', function(done) {
+  it('should know how to restrict root-level elements', function(done) {
     setupXpath(h.driver, function() {
-      h.driver.source(function(err, s) {
-        console.log(s);
+      h.driver.elementByXPath("/button", function(err, el) {
+        should.exist(err);
+        err.status.should.equal(7);
         done();
       });
-      //h.driver.elementByXPath("button[@name='Rounded']", function(err, el) {
-        //should.not.exist(err);
-        //el.text(function(err, text) {
-          //should.not.exist(err);
-          //text.should.equal("Rounded");
-          //done();
-        //});
-      //});
+    });
+  });
+  it('should search an extended path by child', function(done) {
+    setupXpath(h.driver, function() {
+      h.driver.elementsByXPath("navigationBar/text", function(err, els) {
+        should.not.exist(err);
+        els[0].text(function(err, text) {
+          text.should.equal('Buttons');
+          done();
+        });
+      });
+    });
+  });
+  it('should search an extended path by descendant', function(done) {
+    setupXpath(h.driver, function() {
+      h.driver.elementsByXPath("cell//button", function(err, els) {
+        should.not.exist(err);
+        var texts = [];
+        _.each(els, function(el) {
+          el.text(function(err, text) {
+            texts.push(text);
+            if (texts.length === els.length) {
+              var hasNavButton = _.contains(texts, "Button");
+              hasNavButton.should.equal(false);
+              _.contains(texts, "Gray").should.equal(true);
+              done();
+            }
+          });
+        });
+      });
+    });
+  });
+  it('should filter by partial text', function(done) {
+    setupXpath(h.driver, function() {
+      h.driver.elementByXPath("cell//button[contains(@name, 'Gr')]", function(err, el) {
+        should.not.exist(err);
+        el.text(function(err, text) {
+          text.should.equal("Gray");
+          done();
+        });
+      });
     });
   });
 });