Introduction of Selenium Locators

Locator in simple term location of web element, which help 

Selenium to perform the operation on them.

Web elements should be text box, button, checkbox, radio button, links, drop down etc.

Selenium interact with web element using the locators.

Understand Different Web Technologies (HTML, CSS, XML)

Below are the common types of locators available in Selenium:

Common Locators

• By ID
• By Name
• By Class Name
• By Link Text
• By Partial Link Text

XPath: Used XML Path

•     Absolute XPath
•     AND Condition
•     OR Condition
•     Multiple Attributes

Different Methods in XPath

•     Contains() Method
•     Starts-with Method
•     Text() Method
•     Last() Method
•     Position() Method

CSS Selectors : Used CSS Structure

•     Tag and ID
•     Tag and Class
•     Tag and Attribute
•     Tag, Class & Attribute

 Sub-String Matches Method

•      Starts-with (^)
•      End-with ($)
•      Contains (*)