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Selenium Locators


What are locaters in selenium 



  1. Locators in Selenium are one of the most required and important commands. Because they are building block of automation scripts 
  2. It helps to locate the GUI elements through which multiple user actions can be performed. 
  3. Using the right locator ensures the tests are faster, more reliable or has lower maintenance over releases
  4. Incorrect locators may lead to automation failure 



Types of locators



  • ID
  • Name
  • ClassName
  • Tag Name
  • Link Text and Partial Link Text 
  • CSS Selector 
  • Xpath 



Ways to find the locators in Browsers


  • Firepath, Firebug addons for firefox browser 
  • ChroPath
  • Direct method using f12 – developer tools 


How to pass the locators in Automation 


Locating elements in WebDriver is done by using the method
  • findElement(By.locator())
  • findElements(By.locator())


Watch the Tutorial on Youtube: 






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