This document discusses different locator types for Selenium automation testing including ID, name, className, linkText, and more. It covers CSS locators and selectors like ID selector, class selector, descendant combinator, and attribute selectors using values, patterns, and operators. The document also discusses text locators using contains and contains not as well as pseudo-class locators like :nth, :nth-child, and :first-child.

1. Locators
for Selenium Automation
BY PRASHANTH SAMS

2. Locator Types
ID
Name
className
LinkText
Partial LinkText
tagName
CSS
XPath
LOCATORS TYPES • PAGE 2

3. CSS Locators
Faster compared to XPath in Internet Explorer due to native
support
Simple statements
CSS3 locators are not advisable as it is JQuery statements
OVERVIEW • PAGE 3

4. General
CSS Selectors
ID Selector [#]
#id
Class Selector [.]
.class
.class.class
Descendant combinator [ ]
.class .class
Child Combinator [>]
.class > .class
.class >>> .class
Next or Adjacent Combinator [+]
.class + *
.class + * + *
General Combinator [~]
.class ~ .class
GENERAL • PAGE 4

5. Attribute
CSS Selectors
With value
input[type="text"]
Without value
input[type]
Pattern
"[id*='site-map']" --all
"[id~='site-map']" --space sepa..
"[id^='site-map']" --starts-with
"[id$='site-map']" --ends-with
"[id|='site-map']" --hyphen
ATTRIBUTE • PAGE 5

6. Multiple attributes
input[type="text"][type="text"]
OR Operator
input[type], input[type]
ATTRIBUTE • PAGE 6

7. Text
CSS Locators
Contains
"a:contains(Skip)"
Contains not
"a:contains(Skip):not(asd)"
"a:contains(Skip):not([href='#t'])"
"a:not(:contains(sdf))"
TEXT • PAGE 7

8. Pseudo class
:nth()
:nth-child()
:first-child
:last-child
:first-of-type
:last-of-type
:nth-of-type()
:only-of-type
PSEUDO CLASS • PAGE 8

9. THANK YOU!
PRASHANTH SAMS
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