Selenium Locators - Common Locators

1> By ID: This is most common method to locate the element as it always give one to one mapping.

Syntax: By.id("Value of ID");
Example: driver.findElement(By.id("fname"));

Practical Example: Right Click on Element and Select Inspect Element

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2> By Name: This is another most favourite method after ID as it works similar way and give more chance for one to one mapping.

Syntax: By.name("Value of Name");
Example: driver.findElement(By.name("lastname"));

Practical Example: Right Click on Element and Select Inspect Element

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3> By ClassName: This will locate the web element based on value of class name.

Syntax: By.className("Value of ClassName");
Example: driver.findElement(By.className("gh089b"));

Practical Example: Right Click on Element and Select Inspect Element

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4> By LinkText : This will locate the web element based on link text value available in anchor tag.

Syntax: By.linkText("LinkText Value");
Example: driver.findElement(By.linkText("Facebook_Link"));

Practical Example: Right Click on Element and Select Inspect Element

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5> By LinkText : This will locate the web element based on link text value available in anchor tag.

Syntax: By.partialLinkText("Partial Text Value");

Example: driver.findElement(By.partialLinkText("an Email"));

Practical Example: Right Click on Element and Select Inspect Element

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