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Session 02 - Object Identification - Part 1
- 1. Page 0Classification: Restricted Selenium Training Object Identification
- 2. Page 1Classification: Restricted Agenda • Object Identification in IDE • Multi Browser Testing • Locating by Identifier • Locating by ID • Locating by Name • Locating by Xpath • Locating by Xpath • Locating hyperlinks by link text • Locating by CSS Selector • Hierarchy for locating elements • Classroom Exercises
- 3. Page 2Classification: Restricted Object Identification in IDE • For many Selenium commands, a target is required. • This target identifies an element in the content of the web application, and consists of the location strategy followed by the location in the format locatorType=location. • The locator type can be omitted in many cases. • There are different ways of locating the elements on a web page in Selenium
- 4. Page 3Classification: Restricted FF Developer tools: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Tools • Firebug: Install from http://getfirebug.com IE Developer Tools: http://www.microsoft.com/en- us/download/details.aspx?id=18359 Chrome Developer tools: https://developers.google.com/chrome-developer-tools/docs/overview Safari Developer Tools: https://developer.apple.com/technologies/safari/developer-tools.html Multi Browser Testing
- 5. Page 4Classification: Restricted Locating by Identifier • The most common method of locating. • The first element with the id attribute value matching the location will be used. • If no element has a matching id attribute, then the first element with a name attribute matching the location will be used. • For instance, your page source could have id and name attributes as follows:
- 6. Page 5Classification: Restricted Locating by ID •The Id strategy looks for an element in the page having an id attribute corresponding to the specified pattern
- 7. Page 6Classification: Restricted Locating by Name • The name locator type will locate the first element with a matching name attribute. • If multiple elements have the same value for a name attribute, then you can use filters to further refine your location strategy. • The default filter type is value (matching the value attribute).
- 8. Page 7Classification: Restricted Locating by Xpath • XPath is the language used for locating nodes in an XML document. • As HTML can be an implementation of XML (XHTML), Selenium users can leverage this powerful language to target elements in their web applications. • One of the main reasons for using XPath is when you don’t have a suitable id or name attribute for the element you wish to locate. • You can use XPath to either locate the element in absolute terms (not advised), or relative to an element that does have an id or name attribute. • XPath locators can also be used to specify elements via attributes other than id and name.
- 9. Page 8Classification: Restricted Locating by Xpath • Syntax: • //tagname[@property type=’property value’]
- 10. Page 9Classification: Restricted Locating hyperlinks by link text • This strategy is intended to select links only and selects the anchor element containing the specified text:link=The text of the link • This is a simple method of locating a hyperlink in your web page by using the text of the link. • If two links with the same text are present, then the first match will be used.
- 11. Page 10Classification: Restricted Locating by CSS Selector • CSS(CascadingStyleSheets) is a language for describing the rendering of HTML and XML documents. • CSS uses Selectors for binding style properties to elements in the document. • CSS Selectors are string patterns used to identify an element based on a combination of HTML tag, id, class, and attributes. • CSS Selectors have many formats, but we will only focus on the most common ones. • Tag and ID • Tag and class • Tag and attribute • Tag, class, and attribute • Inner text
- 12. Page 11Classification: Restricted Locating by CSS Selector
- 13. Page 12Classification: Restricted Hierarchy for locating elements • ID • Name • Xpath • LinkText • CSS
- 14. Page 13Classification: Restricted Classroom Exercises • Write the selenese code for the following steps by using different locators. • Navigate to https://www.google.co.in/ • Search for “Selenium locators” • Navigate to the first link in the returned result