Locating Elements in Web Pages – Selenium Training

One website means a set of interlinked web pages. Every web page is having multiple elements like test boxes, images, drop down links , radio buttons, check boxes, links , tables, buttons , tool tips,,, etc.

To automate these elements System-Wide Defects (SWD) can support 8 types of locators.

By.name ( “value” )
By.id (“value”)
By.className (“value”)
By.cssSelector (“value”)
By.xpath (“value”)
By.linkText (“value”)
By.tagName (“value”)
By.partiallinkText (“value”)

In above 8 types of locator , value is mandatory. To get those values , we need an inspector . Firebug is add in to Firefox browser and it can work like inspector.

Navigation :

Open FF browser
Click menu icon ( right corner)
Click add-ons
Enter firebug in search box
Click search
Click install for firebug
Restart Firefox browser after installation .

Firebug pointer icon is useful to get source code of specified element. From that source code, we are able to get values for name, id, class name ,tag name, X path.

Example :

Launch mercury tours site
Click register link
Fill fields in registration page
Click submit
Close site

In this article we have seen Locating Elements in Web Pages – Selenium Training – Selenium Training . In the next article will see the Examples of Scripts for Automation.

Locating Elements in Web Pages – Selenium Training