What is meant by a locator, and what are some different types of locators present in Selenium?

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Selenium uses various locators to identify web elements for automation testing, enhancing precision and flexibility.

ID: Selects elements by their unique ID attribute. Example: driver.findElement(By.id('username'));
Name: Targets elements by their name attribute. Example: driver.findElement(By.name('password'));
Class Name: Finds elements by their class attribute. Example: driver.findElement(By.className('btn-submit'));
Tag Name: Locates elements by their HTML tag. Example: driver.findElement(By.tagName('input'));
Link Text: Identifies links by their visible text. Example: driver.findElement(By.linkText('Click Here'));
Partial Link Text: Similar to Link Text but allows partial matches. Example: driver.findElement(By.partialLinkText('Click'));
CSS Selector: Uses CSS selectors to find elements. Example: driver.findElement(By.cssSelector('.class #id'));
XPath: Utilizes XPath expressions to locate elements. Example: driver.findElement(By.xpath('//div[@class="example"]'));

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Xpath, css path, id, class etc

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8 types of locators in selenium.they are id,class,name,tag,link text,partial link text,xparhs,css locator

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1.Id

2.Name

3.ClassName

4.LinkedText

5.Text

6.Xpath

7.Css

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