Locators in Selenium Webdriver with Example - How to Locate Element

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What are Locators in Selenium - How do locate Elements on a webpage?

Selenium Locators 
A locator in selenium is used to identify the web element on a webpage. To perform an action on the text box, dropdown, alerts, radio button etc. we can use locators. Locator also helps us to identify the objects.

Types of Locators in selenium
Following is the list of locators supported by selenium 

• Id

• ClassName

• name

• tagName

• linkText

• partialLinkText

• xpath

• cssSelector

There are 8 types of locators in selenium webdriver

Locators in Selenium 

Id Locator
In selenium, the web driver Id locator is the most widely used locator to locate elements. Id locator is one of the most unique ways of locating web elements.

Syntax- Basic syntax for Id locator 

WebElement searchIcon = driver.findElement(By.id("login-signin"));//id locator

className Locator 
In Selenium webdriver className locator allow locating web element based on the class value of DOM.

Syntax - Basic syntax of className Locator

WebElement classtest =driver.findElement(By.className(“sample”)); //ClassName locator

Name Locator
In Selenium web driver name locators are used to locating the element using the name attribute. while automating when there is no Id to use, the next is worth seeing if the desired element has a name attribute.

Syntax-Basic syntax of Name Locator

WebElement register= driver.findElement(By.name("register"));//Name Locator

TagName Locator 
In Selenium tagName locators are used to locate the element by tagname. tagName is an HTML tag Eg. input, div, a, etc.

Syntax- Basic syntax of tagName locator

Select select = new Select(driver.findElement(By.tagName("select")));//tagName Locator

LinkText Locator
LinkTextLocator in Selenium is used to identify the hyperlink on the webpage.

Syntax- Basic syntax of link text locator
driver.findElement(By.linkText("Sign Up")).click(); //linkText locator

PartialLinkText Locator 
Partial link text in selenium webdriver is used to locate the hyperlinks using a portion of their link text.

Syntax- Basic syntax of Partial link text locator

driver.findElement(By.partialLinkText("Sign")).click(); //partial link Text locator

XPath Locators In Selenium

XPath Locator -XML Path
XPath in selenium is the most commonly used locator that is used to navigate through the HTML of the webpage. XPath is also known as the XML path in the selenium web driver.

Types of XPath

• Absolute XPath

• Relative XPath

Handling complex and dynamic elements using XPath locators in selenium

• Basic XPath

Xpath in selenium Webdriver with Example

• Contains()

• OR & AND

• Starts-with()

• Text()

axes Method

• Following

• Ancestor:

• Child:

• Preceding:

• Following-sibling:

• parent :

• Self:

• Descendant:

CSS Locator 
Use of locators in Selenium
what are the different types of locators in selenium? which one is preferable to use?

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Locators in selenium webdriver with example

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