{"id":3262,"date":"2020-09-10T04:51:15","date_gmt":"2020-09-10T04:51:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/studysection.com\/blog\/?p=3262"},"modified":"2021-01-20T04:59:22","modified_gmt":"2021-01-20T04:59:22","slug":"locating-elementsvisible-editable-with-selenium","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/studysection.com\/blog\/locating-elementsvisible-editable-with-selenium\/","title":{"rendered":"Locating elements(visible\/editable) with Selenium"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Introduction<\/h2>\n<p>Selenium Webdriver is used to automate the testing. There are some visible and invisible, editable and non-editable elements on the webpage. We can access those elements using Selenium and check whether the element is accessible or not.<\/p>\n<h3>Locating an element:<\/h3>\n<p>An element can be located by ID, name, XPath, etc.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>\n<strong>By ID:<\/strong><br \/>\nTo locate an element on a webpage using ID, we need to have a basic understanding of HTML.<\/p>\n<p>Steps to follow:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Go to \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.studysection.com\/users\/login\">https:\/\/www.studysection.com\/users\/login<\/a>\u201d.<\/li>\n<li>Go to the \u201cLog in\u201d field, right-click on it and then click on inspect element.\n<p>\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/studysection.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/signin.png\" alt=\"signin\"\/><\/li>\n<li>We can see the id for the login field is <em>\u201cUserEmail\u201d<\/em>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><code>Syntex:<br \/>\n      1. driver.findElement(By.id(\u201cid\u201d));<br \/>\n      2. WebElement loginById = driver.findElement(By.id(\u201cid\u201d));<\/code>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<strong>By name:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>From the above image, we can see that the name for the login field is; <em>\u201ddata[User][email]\u201d<\/em>.<br \/>\n<code>Syntax:<br \/>\n  1. driver.findElement(By.name(\u201cname\u201d));<br \/>\n  2. WebElement loginByName = driver.findElement(By.name(\u201cname\u201d));<\/code>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<strong>By XPath:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Right-click on the tag line for the login field from inspect elements.<\/li>\n<li>Hover mouse over the \u201ccopy\u201d, it\u2019ll expand other options and then click on \u201cCopy XPath\u201d.\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/studysection.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/signin1.png\" alt=\"signin1\"\/><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><code>Syntax:<br \/>\n  1. driver.findElement(By.xpath(\u201cxpath\u201d));<br \/>\n  2. WebElement loginByxpath = driver.findElement(By.xpath(\u201cxpath\u201d));<\/code><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h3>Finding out the visible and editable fields using a program and implementing these locators<\/h3>\n<p><code>import org.openqa.selenium.By;<br \/>\nimport org.openqa.selenium.WebElement;<br \/>\nimport org.openqa.selenium.chrome.ChromeDriver;<br \/>\npublic class Test1 {<br \/>\n\tpublic static void main(String[] args) {<br \/>\n\t\t\/\/setting up Chrome<br \/>\n\t\tSystem.setProperty(\"webdriver.chrome.driver\",\"D:\/Chrome\/chromedriver.exe\");<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\/\/open chrome<br \/>\n\t\tChromeDriver driver = new ChromeDriver();<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\/\/open URL<br \/>\n\t\tdriver.get(\"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.studysection.com\/users\/login\">https:\/\/www.studysection.com\/users\/login<\/a>\");<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\/\/locate element using name and enter value<br \/>\n\t\tdriver.findElement(By.id(\"UserEmail\")).sendKeys(\"xyz@abc.com\");<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\/\/clear the value from textbox<br \/>\n\t\tdriver.findElement(By.name(\"data[User][email]\")).clear();<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\/\/locate element with WebElment and enter value<br \/>\n\t\tWebElement eid = driver.findElement(By.id(\"UserEmail\"));<br \/>\n\t\teid.sendKeys(\"abc@xy.com\");<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\/\/locate element using xpath and enter value<br \/>\n\t\tWebElement pass = driver.findElement(By.xpath(\"\/\/*[@id=\\\"UserPassword\\\"]\"));<br \/>\n\t\tpass.sendKeys(\"123456\");<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\/\/check if the textbox is visible and editable<br \/>\n\t\tboolean visible = eid.isDisplayed();<br \/>\n\t\tboolean enabled = eid.isEnabled();<\/p>\n<p>\t\tif(visible==true && enabled==true) {<br \/>\n\t\t\tSystem.out.println(\"Email field is visible and editable\");<br \/>\n\t\t}else<br \/>\n\t\t\tSystem.out.println(\"Email field not visible and editable\");<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\/\/confirm the value in the field<br \/>\n\t\tString fvalue = eid.getAttribute(\"value\");<br \/>\n\t\tif(fvalue.contentEquals(\"abc@xyz.com\")){<br \/>\n\t\t\tSystem.out.println(\"Email is correct\");<br \/>\n\t\t}else<br \/>\n\t\t\tSystem.out.println(\"Email not matching, entered email is \"+fvalue);<br \/>\n\t\tdriver.close();<br \/>\n\t}<br \/>\n}<\/code><\/p>\n<h3>Output:<\/h3>\n<p><em>Email field is visible and editable<br \/>\nEmail not matching, entered email is abc@xy.com<\/em><\/p>\n<p><small><em>If you have skills in PHP programming and you want to enhance your career in this field, a PHP certification from StudySection can help you reach your desired goals. 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