Selenium IDE Locator Example:-
In this selenium IDE tutorial, I am providing a Live example of how to create a script manually. using locator.
Locator is used to providing a complete path of HTML elements.
it is a testing page to do the practice of locators and commands.
http://shivaconceptsolution.com/test.html
TextField:- it is used to take input from the user's
HTml Tag <input type="text" />
Possible locator name,id,css selector,xpath
command:- type
Hyperlink or anchor tag or link tag:- it is used to perform navigation from one web page to another
Html tag:- <a href="www.google.com">Link Text</a>
Possible locator:- linkText,partialLinkText,xpath
command:- click
class locator:- if id and name field not found then we use class attribute using CSS selector:- css= tag name.classname
id locator using CSS selector:- if the same id attribute declared in multiple HTML tag then we will use id locator with CSS selector
<a href="" id="b">Home</a> css=a#b
<input type="text" id="b" /> css=input#b
id=b
CSS selector with tag and attribute:- if the HTML element does not contain id, name, class name then we can use this locator.
css=tagname[attributename=value]
<input type="text" value="click" />
css=input[value=click]
<a href="scs">welcome</a>
<a href="welcome">welcome</a>
css=a[href=welcome]
How to check the radio button:-
HTml Tag <input type="text" />
Possible locator name,id,css selector,xpath
command:- type
Hyperlink or anchor tag or link tag:- it is used to perform navigation from one web page to another
Html tag:- <a href="www.google.com">Link Text</a>
Possible locator:- linkText,partialLinkText,xpath
command:- click
class locator:- if id and name field not found then we use class attribute using CSS selector:- css= tag name.classname
id locator using CSS selector:- if the same id attribute declared in multiple HTML tag then we will use id locator with CSS selector
<a href="" id="b">Home</a> css=a#b
<input type="text" id="b" /> css=input#b
id=b
CSS selector with tag and attribute:- if the HTML element does not contain id, name, class name then we can use this locator.
css=tagname[attributename=value]
<input type="text" value="click" />
css=input[value=click]
<a href="scs">welcome</a>
<a href="welcome">welcome</a>
css=a[href=welcome]
How to check the radio button:-
We always use CSS selector with tag and attribute to check radio because of radio button name always will be common.
<input type="radio" name="abc" value="C" />C
<input type="radio" name="abc" value="CPP" />CPP
The command for Radio Button:- click
Locator for radio button :- css = input[value=CPP]
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How to check Checkbox:-
We can perform check operations in multiple checkboxes because checkbox provides multiple check conditions simultaneously.
We can use the name locator in the checkbox if it contains a different name otherwise we can use CSS selector with tag and attribute.
<input type="checkbox" name="chk1" value="C">C
<input type="checkbox" name="chk2" value="CPP">CPP
at this situation, we can use the name locator
command-click
locator:- name=chk2
If checkbox will be this type
<input type="checkbox" name="chk1[]" value="C">C
<input type="checkbox" name="chk1[]" value="CPP">CPP
command-click
locator css=input[value=CPP]
command-click
locator css=input[value=CPP]
<option value="">Select Course</option>
<option value="101">C</option>
<option value="102">CPP</option>
</select>
we can use name locator mostly in dropdownlist, if the name not found then we can use CSS with tag and attribute otherwise XPath
command select
locator name=course
locator css=select.ddl (classname and tagname)
value:- index=0
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Listbox:- It is used to Select Multiple Items
<select name="course" class="ddl" multiple=true>
<option value="">Select Course</option>
<option value="101">C</option>
<option value="102">CPP</option>
</select>
command:- add a selection
locator name=course or cssselector
value:- index=1
label=TestNG
using XPATH:-
It is the final locator to locate element, if web element do not locates by id, name, and CSS selector.
XPATH means XML path which will provide a complete path of web element from HTML root element to the current element.
<html>
<head>
</head>
<body>
<input type="text" />
<input type="text" />
<p></p>
</body>
XPath will be
xpath = //html/body/input[1]
xpath = //html/body/input[2]
xpath= //html/body/p
if a new HTML element will be added in the page then XPath will be modified.
Type of Xpath:-
1) Absolute Xpath:- it is a complete path from root element to current for example if text field in under three-division then we will write the path of //html/body/div/div/div/input
2) Relative Xpath:- it will be managed by the current container element means we can co-relate the path from container to HTML element.
for example, if textfield contains under three consecutive div and the first div id is "abc" then this xpath will be related from ABC container.
<html>
<head>
</head>
<body>
<div id="a">
<div id="b">
<div id="c">
<input type="text" />
</div>
</div>
</div>
</body>
</html>
Absolute xpath :- //html/body/div/div/div/input
Relative xpath :- //div[@id="c"]//input
If you want to get Live XPATH EXAMPLE:-
<input type="radio" name="abc" value="C" />C
<input type="radio" name="abc" value="CPP" />CPP
The command for Radio Button:- click
Locator for radio button :- css = input[value=CPP]
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How to check Checkbox:-
We can perform check operations in multiple checkboxes because checkbox provides multiple check conditions simultaneously.
We can use the name locator in the checkbox if it contains a different name otherwise we can use CSS selector with tag and attribute.
<input type="checkbox" name="chk1" value="C">C
<input type="checkbox" name="chk2" value="CPP">CPP
at this situation, we can use the name locator
command-click
locator:- name=chk2
If checkbox will be this type
<input type="checkbox" name="chk1[]" value="C">C
<input type="checkbox" name="chk1[]" value="CPP">CPP
command-click
locator css=input[value=CPP]
<input type="checkbox" value="C">C
<input type="checkbox" value="CPP">CPPcommand-click
locator css=input[value=CPP]
How to select a dropdown list or selectbox and Combobox:-
<select name="course" class="ddl"><option value="">Select Course</option>
<option value="101">C</option>
<option value="102">CPP</option>
</select>
we can use name locator mostly in dropdownlist, if the name not found then we can use CSS with tag and attribute otherwise XPath
command select
locator name=course
locator css=select.ddl (classname and tagname)
value:- index=0
,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
Listbox:- It is used to Select Multiple Items
<select name="course" class="ddl" multiple=true>
<option value="">Select Course</option>
<option value="101">C</option>
<option value="102">CPP</option>
</select>
command:- add a selection
locator name=course or cssselector
value:- index=1
label=TestNG
using XPATH:-
It is the final locator to locate element, if web element do not locates by id, name, and CSS selector.
XPATH means XML path which will provide a complete path of web element from HTML root element to the current element.
<html>
<head>
</head>
<body>
<input type="text" />
<input type="text" />
<p></p>
</body>
XPath will be
xpath = //html/body/input[1]
xpath = //html/body/input[2]
xpath= //html/body/p
if a new HTML element will be added in the page then XPath will be modified.
Type of Xpath:-
1) Absolute Xpath:- it is a complete path from root element to current for example if text field in under three-division then we will write the path of //html/body/div/div/div/input
2) Relative Xpath:- it will be managed by the current container element means we can co-relate the path from container to HTML element.
for example, if textfield contains under three consecutive div and the first div id is "abc" then this xpath will be related from ABC container.
<html>
<head>
</head>
<body>
<div id="a">
<div id="b">
<div id="c">
<input type="text" />
</div>
</div>
</div>
</body>
</html>
Absolute xpath :- //html/body/div/div/div/input
Relative xpath :- //div[@id="c"]//input
If you want to get Live XPATH EXAMPLE:-
https://shivaconceptsolution.com/testdemo.html
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Command Target Value
open /testdemo.html
type //html/body/input[2] Vivek Soni
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