Element Locators inwards Selenium

Element Locators inwards Selenium
 
Selenium WebDriver uses viii chemical ingredient locators (id, name, className, tagName, linkText, partialLinkText, cssSelector, xpath) to honour elements on Web pages.

Why nosotros postulate to role dissimilar locators?
 
i) Developers may non supply all locators for all elements

ii) Some locators may hold upwards duplicated.

So nosotros convey to lead whatever ane unique locator to recognize the element.

How to inspect elements?
Download together with install Firebug together with Firepath plug ins/Add ons for Firefox Browser. If it Internet Explorer or Chrome, nosotros no postulate to install whatever Add on, they supply built -in Developer Tools(F12) to inspect elements.

Element Locators are mutual for all Browsers.
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1) id
 
Syntax:

By.id("id value")

Examples:

driver.findElement(By.id("Email"))

driver- is Object

findElement - WebDriver method

By - pre-defined Class

id - Elment locater

Email - id locator value
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driver.findElement(By.id("Email")).sendKeys("gcrindia");
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id locator for Edit box

WebElement Email = driver.findElement(By.id("Email"));
Email.sendKeys("gcrindia");
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id locator for Button

WebElement Email = driver.findElement(By.id("signIn"));
Email.click();

Or

driver.findElement(By.id("signIn")).click();
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2) name
 
Synatx:

By.name("name value/locator name")       

Examples:

driver.findElement(By.name("Email")).sendKeys("gcrindia");
       
Or

WebElement e = driver.findElement(By.name("Email"));
e.sendKeys("gcrindia");
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WebElement e = driver.findElement(By.name("signIn"));
e.click();
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3) className
 
Syntax: By.className("class advert value")

Example:

driver.findElement(By.className("textboxcolor")).sendKeys("Hyderabad");
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4) tagName
 
Syntax:
By.tagName("tag advert value")

Example:
driver.findElement(By.tagName("input")).sendKeys("Hyderabad");
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5) linkText
 
Syntax:
By.linkText("Link Text Value")

Example:

driver.findElement(By.linkText("Gmail")).click();
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6) paritialLinkText
 
Syntax:
By.partialLinkText("Partial Link Text Value")

Example:

driver.findElement(By.partialLinkText("Gma")).click();
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7) cssSelector
 
Syntax:
By.cssSelector("value")

Example:
driver.findElement(By.cssSelector(".gb_m")).click();
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8) xpath
 
Syntax:

By.xpath("xpath value")

driver.findElement(By.xpath(".//*[@id='Email']")).sendKeys("abcdef");
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