how to choose locator in selenium code example
Example 1: types of locators in selenium
--> WHAT ARE LOCATORS?
- Locators are methods that are used to locate HTML web elements for
Selenium browser driver.
--> WHAT IT IS USED FOR?
- It is used to locate any specific web element
on the UI of AUT (application under test)
--> HOW MANY Selenium LOCATORS?
- There are 8 locators.
- id, class, name, linktext, partialLinktext, cssSelector, xpath, tagName
Example 2: locators in selenium
- There are 8 locators.
- id, class, name, linktext, partialLinktext,
cssSelector, xpath, tagName
- First I would check for id. If there is id,
and it is not dynamic, I would go for id.
- If not, I would quickly check for it if
there is unique class or name attribute value
-If it is link, I would use linkText or
partiallinktext
-If none available than I would go for xpath
Example 3: how to choose locator in selenium
- First I would check for id. If there is id,
and it is not dynamic, I would go for id.
- If not, I would quickly check for it if
there is unique class or name attribute value
-If it is link, I would use linkText or
partiallinktext
-If none available than I would go for xpath