Most Exhaustive
http://automatetheplanet.com
XPath Locators
XPath Locator
//img
//img[@id='myId']
//img[@id!='myId']
//img[@name]
//*[contains(@id, 'Id')]
//*[starts-with(@id, 'Id')]
//*[ends-with(@id, 'Id')]
//*[matches(@id, 'r')]
//*[@name='myName']
//*[@id='X' or @name='X']
//*[@name="N"][@value="v"]
//*[@name="N" and
@value="v"]
//*[@name="N" and
not(@value="v")]
//input[@type="submit"]
//section[//h1[@id='hi']]
//table[count(tr) > 1]
//*[.="t"]
//a[contains(text(), "Log
Out")]
//a[not(contains(text(), "Log
Out"))]
//a[@href="url"]
//img/*[1]
//ul/child::li
//img[1]
//img/*[last()]
//img[last()]
//img[last()-1]
//input/following-sibling::a
//a/following-sibling::*
//input/preceding-sibling::a
//input/preceding-sibling::*[1]
//img[@id='MyId']::parent/*
//*[@id="TestTable"]//tr[3]//td[
2]
//td[preceding-sibling::td="t"]
//td[preceding-
sibling::td[contains(.,"t")]]
//input[@checked]
//a[@disabled]
//a[not(@disabled)]
//a[@price > 2.50]
//ul[*]
FindsBy Attributes
[FindsBy(How = How.Id, Using = "userName")]
[FindsBy(How = How.ClassName, Using = "panel other")]
[FindsBy(How = How.CssSelector, Using = "#userName")]
[FindsBy(How = How.LinkText, Using = "Automate Planet")]
[FindsBy(How = How.Name, Using = "webDriverCheatSheet")]
[FindsBy(How = How.PartialLinkText, Using = "Automate")]
[FindsBy(How = How.TagName, Using = "a")]
[FindsBy(How = How.XPath, Using = "//*[@id='pan']/div ")]
private IWebElement _myElement;
CSS Locators
Explanation CSS Locator Explanation
image element ul#myId ‘ul’ element with @id= ‘myId’
image element with @id= 'myId' #myUniqueId any element with @id= ‘myId’
image elements with @id not equal to ul.myForm ‘ul’ element with @class = ‘myForm’
'myId' any element with @classes = ‘myform’ and
.myForm.front
image elements that have name attribute ‘front’
ul#myUniqueId > li direct child element
element with @id containing
ul#myUniqueId li sub child element
element with @id starting with
ul[name = ‘ul’ element with attributes @name
element with @id ending with "automateName"][style = =‘automateName’ and @style= ‘style
"style_name"] name’
element with @id matching regex ‘r’
ul[id = "myId"] 'ul' element with @id='myId'
image element with @name= 'myName'
ul[@id] elements with @id attribute
element with @id X or a name X elements with name N and specified value
*[name='N'][value='v’]
element with @name N & specified ‘v’
@value ‘v’ all elements with an attribute beginning
ul[id ^= "my"]
element with @name N & specified with ‘my’
@value ‘v’ all elements with an attribute ending with
ul[id$= "Id"]
element with @name N & not specified ‘Id’
@value ‘v’ all elements with an attribute containing the
ul[id *= “unique"]
input of type submit substring ‘unique’
all elements with an attribute containing the
returns <section> if it has an <h1> ul[id ~= “unique"]
word ‘unique’
descendant with @id= 'hi'
ul#myUniqueId li:first-child first child element
return table with more than 1 row
ul#myUniqueId li:nth-of-
element containing text 't' exactly first child element
type(1)
ul#myUniqueId li:last-child last child element
anchor with inner text containing 'Log Out'
ul#myUniqueId li:nth-of-
anchor with inner text not containing 'Log last child element
type(3)
Out'
all <p> elements that are a direct
anchor with target link 'url' div > p
descendant of a <div> element
first child of element img all <p> elements that are the next sibling of
div + p
a <div> element (i.e. placed directly after)
first child 'li' of 'ul'
all <p> elements that follow, and are
first img child div ~p
siblings of <div> elements
last child of element img a:link all unvisited links
last img child a:visited all visited links
a:hover all links on mouse hover
second last img child
input:active every active <input> element
'a' following some sibling 'input'
input:disabled every disabled <input> element
sibling element immediately following 'a'
input:enabled every enabled <input> element
'a' preceding some sibling 'input'
sibling element immediately preceding input:focus the <input> element which has focus
'input' <input> elements with the ‘readonly’
input:read-only
the parent of image with id attribute specified
<input> elements with the ‘required’
input:required
cell by row and column attribute specified
cell immediately following cell containing 't' input:checked checkbox (or radio button) that is checked
exactly
form myForm.front + ul next sibling
cell immediately following cell containing 't'
a:contains('Log Out') anchor with inner text containing 'Log Out'
checkbox (or radio button) that is checked
a[href='url'] anchor with target link 'url'
all 'a' elements that are disabled
#TestTable tr:nth-child(3) cell by row and column (e.g. 3rd row, 2nd
all 'a' elements that are not disabled td:nth-child(2) column)
'a' with price > 2.5 td:contains('t') ~td cell immediately following cell containing 't'
all <p> elements with a @lang attribute
'ul' that has children p:lang(language)
equal to ‘language’
Default FindElement
_driver.FindElement(By.Id("userName"));
_driver.FindElement(By.ClassName("panel other"));
_driver.FindElement(By.CssSelector("#userName"));
_driver.FindElement(By.LinkText("Automate The Planet"));
_driver.FindElement(By.Name("webDriverCheatSheet"));
_driver.FindElement(By.PartialLinkText("Automate"));
_driver.FindElement(By.TagName("a"));
_driver.FindElement(By.XPath("//*[@id='panel']/div/h1"));