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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Selenium Locators Using XPATH

Selenium Locators Using CSS Selectors

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 (*)