Locators in Selenium WebDriver are crucial for identifying elements on a web page. Each locator type has its own syntax and is suited for different scenarios based on the structure of the HTML and the attributes
Below is the CSS selector Locators in Selenium syntax. SYNTAX DESCRIPTION css=tag: contains(“inner text”) Here tag is the HTML tag of the element this is being accessed and the inner text is the inner text of the element. In the below example, we will be accessing the “Email or ...
As we can see, the HTML tag contains the attribute “id” inside the input tag. Theidhere used is the “firstName*” which we can use to locate this element in the web page. Now, to find the “First Name” text box on the web page, we can use the following syntax: By.id("fi...
Syntax: $(#<idname>); 1 $(#<idname>); Example: Now, here you should observe this output log. When you run the above script, you can see ID selector internally converted into css selector and finding the element. Output: Now, we have covered the usual Selenium locators in Webdriv...
//input[contains(@name,'username')] CSS Syntax --> tagName[Attribute*='value'] --> e.g. input[name*='username'] Locators - Pay Attentions to the Followings:Classes should not have spaces- Compound classes cannot be accepted Multiple values - Selenium identifies the first one- Scans from...
Here are the different locators in Selenium WebDriver that I will cover in-depth in the latter part of the blog: Locators Description Syntax (in Java) id Identify the WebElement using the ID attribute. driver.findElement(By.id(“IdValue”)); name Identify the WebElement using the Name ...
Locators in Selenium WebDriver are crucial for identifying elements on a web page. Each locator type has its own syntax and is suited for different scenarios based on the structure of the HTML and the attributes of the elements. The following table outlines the various types of locators available...