🦎Locators

Locators

Locators are used to identify web elements on a web page. They are used by WebDriver commands to find web elements.

💡 Selenium command to operate on GUI elements; right-click the cursor anywhere to access the “Inspect” option

Locator Type	Description	Java Example
ID	Locates an element by its unique ID attribute	driver.findElement(http://by.id/("elementId"));
Class Name	Locates elements by matching the CSS class name	driver.findElement(By.className("className"));
Name	Locates elements by the name attribute	driver.findElement(http://by.name/("elementName"));
Tag Name	Locates elements by the HTML tag name	driver.findElement(By.tagName("tagName"));
Link Text	Locates anchor elements with exact link text	driver.findElement(By.linkText("linkText"));
Partial Link Text	Locates anchor elements with partial link text	driver.findElement(By.partialLinkText("partialLinkText"));
CSS Selector	Locates elements using CSS selectors	driver.findElement(By.cssSelector("cssSelector"));
XPath	Locates elements using XPath expressions	driver.findElement(By.xpath("xpathExpression"));