Locating elements in selenium webdriver

 

1. ID:

Syntax : driver.findElement(By.id("element id"))

2. CLASS:

Syntax: driver.findElement(By.className("element class"))

3. NAME:

syntax: driver.findElement(By.name("element name"))

4. TAGNAME:

syntax: driver.findElement(By.tagName("element html tag name"))

5. CSS Selector:

syntax: driver.findElement(By.cssSelector("css selector"))

6. Link:

syntax: driver.findElement(By.link("link text"))

7. XPath:

syntax: driver.findElement(By.xpath("xpath expression"))

package selenium99;
import org.openqa.selenium.By;
import org.openqa.selenium.WebDriver;
import org.openqa.selenium.firefox.FirefoxDriver;
public class Testid {
 
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        WebDriver driver = new FirefoxDriver();
        driver.manage().window().maximize();
        //maximizing browser window
        String baseUrl = "http://www.selenium99.com/2015/10/registration-page-for-selenium-practice.html";
      driver.get(baseUrl);
       driver.findElement(By.id("name")).sendKeys("Naveen");
       // Here send keys is used for typing "Naveen" in name field
         driver.close();
      
    }
}