Selenium WebElement Locator

In this tutorial, I will list out Selenium WebElement locator. WebElement’s locators used to find all WebElements within a web page.

Selenium WebElement Locator

 

1. findElements() - This method is used to find all WebElements within a web page with same locator.

Example: List<WebElement> element = driver.findElements(By.name(“q”));



2. findElement() -  This method is used to find the first WebElement within a web page.

Example: WebElement element = driver.findElement(By.name(“q”));



3. By ID - This is a WebElement’s locator and used to find WebElement within a web page using WebElement’s id.

Example: WebElement element = driver.findElement(By.id(“q”));



4. By Name - This is a WebElement’s locator and used to find WebElement within a web page using WebElement’s name.

Example: WebElement element = driver.findElement(By.name(“q”));



5. By Tag Name - This is a WebElement’s locator and used to find WebElement within a web page using WebElement’s tagName.

Example: WebElement frame = driver.findElement(By.tagName(“q”));





6. By XPATH - This is a WebElement’s locator and used to find WebElement within a web page using WebElement’s xpath.

Example: WebElement element = driver.findElements(By.xpath(“//input”));



7. By CSS - This is a WebElement’s locator and used to find WebElement within a web page using WebElement’s css.

Example: WebElement element = driver.findElement(By.cssSelector(“#q span.text.name”));



8. By Class Name – This is a WebElement’s locator and used to find WebElement within a web page using WebElement’s className.

Example: List<WebElement> element = driver.findElements(By.className(“q”));



9. By Link Text - This is a WebElement’s locator and used to find WebElement within a web page using WebElement’s linkText.

Example: WebElement element = driver.findElement(By.linkText(“q”));



10. By Partial Link Text - This is a WebElement’s locator and used to find WebElement within a web page using WebElement’s partialLinkText.

Example: WebElement element = driver.findElement(By.partialLinkText(“q”));