WebDriver Locating Strategies By CSS Tag and Attribute

by Online Tutorials Library July 22, 2022

Locating Strategies- (By CSS-Tag and Attribute)

In this section, you will learn how to locate a particular web element using CSS – Tag and Attribute Selector.

As we know that locating a particular web element involves inspection of its HTML codes.

Follow the steps given below to locate the Textbox on the sample web page.

Open URL: https://www.testandquiz.com/selenium/testing.html
Right click on the Textbox on the sample web page and select Inspect Element

It will launch a window containing all the specific codes involved in the development of the Text box.

Take a note of its Tag and Attribute.

Note: You can choose attributes such as id, class and name along with their values when you are locating through CSS – Tag and Attribute Selector.

Here, we will take a note of its tag and value of its id attribute.

The Java Syntax for locating a web element through CSS – Tag and Attribute Selector is written as:

Therefore, for locating the Textbox on the sample web page we will use the input tag with id attribute:

Similarly, for locating the Submit button on the sample web page we will use the button tag with id attribute:

We have created a sample script for you to get a better understanding of how to use CSS – Tag and Attribute Selector. We have embedded comments in each section of code which will guide you through whole automation process.

  import org.openqa.selenium.By;  import org.openqa.selenium.WebDriver;  import org.openqa.selenium.firefox.FirefoxDriver;  import org.openqa.selenium.remote.DesiredCapabilities;    public class SampleThree {    public static void main(String[] args) {     // System Property for Gecko Driver   System.setProperty(“webdriver.gecko.driver”,”D:\GeckoDriver\geckodriver.exe” );           // Initialize Gecko Driver using Desired Capabilities Class  DesiredCapabilities capabilities = DesiredCapabilities.firefox();  capabilities.setCapability(“marionette”,true);  WebDriver driver= new FirefoxDriver(capabilities);            // Launch Website  driver.navigate().to(“https://www.testandquiz.com/selenium/testing.html”);          // Click on the textbox and send value  driver.findElement(By.cssSelector(“input[id=fname]”)).sendKeys(“Selenium Tutorials”);     // Click on the Submit button using click() command  driver.findElement(By.cssSelector(“button[id=idOfButton]”)).click();        // Close the Browser           driver.close();    }    }  

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