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Use of Locators<\/h3>\n\n- By ID:-<\/strong> This is the most prevalent and easy way to identify web elements. Locating by ID is generally safe and it is the fastest way as well.\n
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- By Name:-<\/strong> The name attribute is also one of the efficient ways of locating. Although, you should always remember that IDs and names will not be unique in all cases or webpages. When you use the name locator, the first element similar to a name attribute value that matches the location will be returned.\n
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\ndriver.findElement(By.name(\u201cuser_email\u201d)).sendKeys(\"krishna@webners.com\");<\/code>\n<\/li>\n- By Class Name:-<\/strong> Class name is a method that is used for locating the element through class name element value and you can easily perform an action after getting the element.\n
driver.findElement(By.className(\u201cclass value\u201d)).sendkeys(\u201ckrishna@webners.com\u201d)<\/code>\n<\/li>\n- By Link Text:-<\/strong> This method helps to locate a link element with matching visible text.\n
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\ndriver.findElement(By.linkText(\u201cForgot Password?\u201d)).click();<\/code>\n<\/li>\n- By Partial Link Text:-<\/strong> This method also helps to locate a link element with partial matching visible text. You can pass only the starting part of the partial link text and easily find the element.\n
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\ndriver.findElement(By.partialLinkText(\u201cForgot\u201d)).click();<\/code>\n<\/li>\n- By CSS Selector:-<\/strong> The CSS is used as a method to identify the web object, however, NOT all browsers support CSS identification.\n
driver.findElement(By.cssSelector(\u201c#idvalue)).sendkeys(\u201ckrishna@webners.com\u201d);
\ndriver.findElement(By.cssSelector(\u201c#email)).sendkeys(\u201ckrishna@webners.com\u201d);<\/code>\n<\/li>\n- By XPath:-<\/strong> XPath stands for XML path language. It is a query language for selecting nodes from an XML document. XPath is based on the tree representation of XML documents and provides the ability to navigate around the tree by selecting nodes using a variety of criteria.\n
driver.findElement(By.xpath(\u201c\/\/input[@id='email']\u201d));<\/code><\/p>\nThere are two types of Xpath.<\/h3>\n
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\ndriver.findElement(By.name(\u201cuser_email\u201d)).sendKeys(\"krishna@webners.com\");<\/code>\n<\/li>\ndriver.findElement(By.className(\u201cclass value\u201d)).sendkeys(\u201ckrishna@webners.com\u201d)<\/code>\n<\/li>\n
\ndriver.findElement(By.linkText(\u201cForgot Password?\u201d)).click();<\/code>\n<\/li>\n
\ndriver.findElement(By.partialLinkText(\u201cForgot\u201d)).click();<\/code>\n<\/li>\ndriver.findElement(By.cssSelector(\u201c#idvalue)).sendkeys(\u201ckrishna@webners.com\u201d);
\ndriver.findElement(By.cssSelector(\u201c#email)).sendkeys(\u201ckrishna@webners.com\u201d);<\/code>\n<\/li>\ndriver.findElement(By.xpath(\u201c\/\/input[@id='email']\u201d));<\/code><\/p>\nThere are two types of Xpath.<\/h3>\n