Selenium commands, also referred to as “Selenese” are the set of commands utilized in Selenium IDE that run your tests. Using selenese, one can perform activities like:
• Testing the existence of UI elements supported their HTML tags.
• Test for specific content.
• Test for broken links.
• Testing input fields, selection list options, submitting forms and table data among other things.
• Testing of window size, mouse options, alerts, Ajax functionality, pop-up windows, event handling and lots of other web application features.
A sequence of Selenium commands (Selenese) together is understood as test script.
Types of Selenium Commands
Selenium commands are basically classified in three categories:
1. Actions
2. Accessors
3. Assertions
1. Actions
Actions are the selenium commands that generally manipulate the state of the appliance . Execution of Actions generates events like click this link, select that option, type this box, etc. If an Action fails, or features a bug, the execution of current test is stopped.
Some of the foremost commonly used Actions commands include:

Command/Syntax	Description
open (url)	It launches the desired URL in the specified browser and it accepts both relative and absolute URLs.
type (locator,value)	It sets the value of an input field, almost like user typing action.
typeKeys (locator,value)	This command simulates keystroke events on the required element.
click (locator)	This command enables clicks on a link, button, checkbox or radio button.
clickAt (locator,coordString)	This command enables clicks on an element with the assistance of locator and co-ordinates
doubleClick (locator)	This command enables double clicks on a webelement supported the required element.
focus (locator)	It moves the main target to the required element
highlight (locator)	It changes the background color of the required element to yellow to spotlight is beneficial for debugging purposes.
close()	This command simulates the user clicking the “close” button in the title bar of a popup window or tab.
store (expression,variableName)	This command specifies the name of a variable in which the result is to be stored and expression is the value to store
waitForCondition (script,timeout)	This command executes the specified JavaScript snippet repeatedly until it evaluates to “true”.

2. Accessors
Accessors are the selenium commands that examine the state of the appliance and store the leads to variables. they’re also wont to automatically generate Assertions.
Some of the foremost commonly used Accessors commands include:

Command/Syntax	Description
storeTitle (variableName)	This command gets the title of the present page.
storeText (locator, variableName)	This command gets the text of a component
storeValue (locator,variableName)	This command gets the (whitespace-trimmed) value of an input field.
storeTable (tableCellAddress, variableName)	This command gets the text from a cell of a table.
storeLocation (variableName)	This command gets the absolute URL of the present page.
storeElementIndex (locator, variableName)	This command gets the relative index of a component to its parent (starting from 0).
storeBodyText (variableName)	This command gets the whole text of the page.
storeAllButtons (variableName)	It returns the IDs of all buttons on the page.
storeAllFields (variableName)	It returns the IDs of all input fields on the page.
storeAllLinks (variableName)	It returns the IDs of all links on the page.

3. Assertions
Assertions are the commands that enable testers to verify the state of the appliance . Assertions are generally utilized in three modes assert, verify and waitfor.
Some of the foremost commonly used Assertions commands are:

Command/Syntax	Description
verifySelected(selectLocator, optionLocator)	This command verifies that the choosen option of a drop-down satisfies the optionSpecifier.
verifyAlert (pattern)	This command verifies the alert text; used with accessorstoreAlert.
verifyAllButtons (pattern)	This command verifies the button which is used withaccessorstoreAllButtons.
verifyAllLinks (pattern)	This command verifies all links; used with the accessorstoreAllLinks.
verifyBodyText(pattern)	This command verifies the body text; used with the accessorstoreBodyText.
verifyAttribute(attributeLocator, pattern)	This command verifies an attribute of an element; used with the accessorstoreAttribute.
waitForErrorOnNext (message)	This command enables Waits for error; used with the accessorassertErrorOnNext.
waitForAlert (pattern)	This command enables waits for the alert; used with the accessorstoreAlert.
verifyAllWindowIds (pattern)	This command verifies the window id; used with the accessorstoreAllWindowIds.

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