For most of the Selenium commands, we’d like a target location which uniquely defines the online element within the context of an internet application.
A target consists of a locating strategy and features a format like:
1. LocatorType = LocatorStrategy
In Selenium IDE, a target works on six modes of specifying location of a specific web element which are:
• Locating by Identifier
• Locating by ID Element
• Locating by Name
• Locating by XPath
• Locating by CSS
• Locating by DOM

Selenium IDE- Locating Strategies (By Identifier)

• Identifier was used as a default type earlier and not recommended now as it isn’t supported by WebDriver.
• With identifier, we will use locating strategies like ID and Name both.
• The first element with the matching ID attribute is employed .
• If no element features a matching ID attribute then the primary element with an identical name attribute is employed .
• For example, Identifier=login (this might be ID or Name).
Let us consider an example on the way to use Identifier locator as a target for commands in Selenium IDE.
We will create a login test, in order that you’ll get a far better understanding of locating elements through Identifier.
• Launch Firefox browser.
• Click on the Selenium icon present on the highest right corner on your browser.
• It will launch the default interface of Selenium IDE.
• Click on the command text box present on the Test Script Editor Box.

• Modify the properties of first command as:
o Command: open
o Target:https://mail.rediff.com/cgi-bin/login.cgi
o After execution, this command will load the Rediff login page on your Firefox browser.

For second command to be entered, we’d like a singular identification element for the Username text box which can help the IDE to spot the target location.
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o Right click on the “Username” text box and choose Inspect Element.

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o It will launch a window containing all the precise codes involved within the development of the “Username” text box.

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o Pick the primary element with the matching ID attribute that contains the precise ID for the “Username” text box.

• Modify the properties of second command as:
o Command: click at
o Target: identifier=login1
o After execution, this command will click on the Username text box.

We will use an equivalent identifier element for our next command.
• Modify the properties of third command as:
o Command: type
o Target: identifier=login1
o Value: username
o After execution, this command will type the username within the Username text box.

We will now add a command which will click on the “Password” text box. For this command, we’d like a singular identification for the “Password” field which can help the IDE to spot the target location.
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o Right click on the “Password” text box and choose Inspect Element.

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o It will launch a window containing all the precise codes involved within the development of the “Password” text box.

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o Pick the primary element with the matching ID attribute that contains the precise ID for the “Password” text box.

• Modify the properties of fourth command as:
o Command : click at
o Target : identifier=password
o After execution, this command will click on the Password text box.

We will use an equivalent ID element for our next command which involves typing the password as login credential.
• Modify the properties of fifth command as:
o Command : type
o Target : identifier=password
o Value : **********(User Login Password)
o Upon execution this command will type the user password because the login credential.

At last, we’d like a singular identification element for the Login Submit button which can help the IDE to spot the target location.
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o Right click on the “Go” button and choose Inspect Element.

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o It will launch a window containing all the precise codes involved within the development of the “Go” submit button.

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o Pick the primary element with the matching name attribute that contains the precise name for the “Go” submit button.

• Modify the properties of sixth command as:
o Command : click at
o Target : identifier=proceed
o After execution, this command will click on the “Go” submit button.

• Click on the “Run Current Test” button present on the tool bar menu of the IDE. it’ll execute all of your inserted commands on the browser and provides you an overall summary of the executed test script.
• The Log pane displays the general summary of the executed test scripts.

Thus, you’ll see that we’ve used identifier locator as a target for many of our Selenium commands.

Selenium IDE- Locating Strategies (By Id)

• This sort of locator is more explicit and therefore the first element with the matching id attribute is employed .
• It is employed only you recognize an element’s id attribute.
• For example, id=login.
Let us consider an example on the way to use Id locator as a target for commands in Selenium IDE.
We will create a login test, in order that you’ll get a far better understanding of locating elements through Id locator.
• Launch Firefox browser.
• Click on the Selenium icon present on the highest right corner on your browser.
• It will launch the default interface of Selenium IDE.
• Click on the command text box present on the Test Script Editor Box.

• Modify the properties of first command as:
o Command: open
o Target:https://mail.rediff.com/cgi-bin/login.cgi
o Upon execution this command will load the Rediff login page on your Firefox browser.

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o It will launch a window containing all the precise codes involved within the development of the “Username” text box.

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o Pick the primary element with the matching ID attribute that contains the precise ID for the “Username” text box.

• Modify the properties of second command as:
o Command: click at
o Target: id=login1
o Upon execution this command will click on the Username text box.

We will use an equivalent id element for our next command.
• Modify the properties of third command as:
o Command: type
o Target: id=login1
o Value: username
o After execution this command will type the username within the Username text box.

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o It will launch a window containing all the precise codes involved within the development of the “Password” text box.

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o Pick the primary element with the matching ID attribute that contains the precise ID for the “Password” text box.

• Modify the properties of fourth command as:
o Command : click at
o Target : id=password
o After execution, this command will click on the Password text box.

We will use an equivalent ID element for our next command which involves typing the password as login credential.
• Modify the properties of fifth command as:
o Command : type
o Target : id=password
o Value : **********(User Login Password)
o After execution, this command will type the user password because the login credential.

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o It will launch a window containing all the precise codes involved within the development of the “Go” submit button.

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o Pick the primary element with the matching name attribute that contains the precise name for the “Go” submit button.
o Here, we do not find any matching id attribute so we’ve to use the Name locator to locate the “Go” submit button.

• Modify the properties of sixth command as:
o Command : click at
o Target : name=proceed
o Upon execution this command will click on the “Go” submit button.

Thus, you’ll see that we’ve used id locator as a target for many of our Selenium commands.
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