Locators in Selenium (medium)

Locating Elements in Selenium IDE

• The command used to locate GUI elements in Selenium IDE is not specified, but various locators can be used to locate elements.

Locators in Selenium IDE

• The most common way of locating elements in Selenium IDE is not specified, but various locators can be used.

By Name Locator

• The name locator is used to locate elements by their name attribute.

By Link Text Locator

• The link locator is used to locate elements by their link text.

DOM Locators

• The dom locator is used to locate elements using the Document Object Model (DOM).
• The dom:id locator is used to locate elements by their id using the DOM.
• The dom:name locator is used to locate elements by their name using the DOM.

getElementsByName Method

• The getElementsByName method collects an array of elements that have the same name.
• The syntax for using the getElementsByName method is not specified, but the index number is used to access the desired element.
• The index number to access the 'Economy class' radio button using the getElementsByName method is 0.
• The index number to access the 'Business class' radio button using the getElementsByName method is 1.

dom:name Method

• The dom:name method is used to locate elements by their name using the DOM.
• The syntax for using the dom:name method is dom:name=.

Link Locator

• The link locator applies only to hyperlink texts.

Target Format for Locating Elements by Name

• The target format for locating elements by name in Selenium is name=.

Using Filters in Selenium

• Filters can be used when multiple elements have the same name in Selenium.
• The syntax for locating an element by its name using filters is name=&filter=.

Locating Elements by ID and Class

• The correct format for locating elements by ID in Selenium is id=.
• The correct format for locating elements by class in Selenium is class=.

XPath Locator

• XPath is a method of locating elements in Selenium IDE that can access almost any element, even those without class, name, or id attributes.
• The disadvantage of using XPath is not specified.

Other Locators

• The css locator can be used even when the element is not within a named form.
• The syntax for locating an element by its ID in Selenium IDE is id=.
• The syntax for locating an element by its name using filters is name=&filter=.
• The syntax for locating an element by its link text is link=.
• The syntax for locating an element by its name is name=.
• The syntax for locating an element by its name without using filters is name=.
• The syntax for locating an element by its index number is index=.