Most Exhaustive

http://automatetheplanet.com
XPath Locators CSS Locators
XPath Locator Explanation CSS Locator Explanation
//img image element ul#myId ul element with @id= myId

//img[@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
//img[@id!='myId']
'myId' any element with @classes = myform and
.myForm.front
//img[@name] image elements that have name attribute front
ul#myUniqueId > li direct child element
//*[contains(@id, 'Id')] element with @id containing
ul#myUniqueId li sub child element
//*[starts-with(@id, 'Id')] element with @id starting with
ul[name = ul element with attributes @name
//*[ends-with(@id, 'Id')] element with @id ending with "automateName"][style = =automateName and @style= style
"style_name"] name
//*[matches(@id, 'r')] element with @id matching regex r
ul[id = "myId"] 'ul' element with @id='myId'
//*[@name='myName'] image element with @name= 'myName'
ul[@id] elements with @id attribute
//*[@id='X' or @name='X'] 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
//*[@name="N"][@value="v"]
@value v all elements with an attribute beginning
ul[id ^= "my"]
//*[@name="N" and element with @name N & specified with my
@value="v"] @value v all elements with an attribute ending with
ul[id$= "Id"]
//*[@name="N" and element with @name N & not specified Id
not(@value="v")] @value v all elements with an attribute containing the
ul[id *= unique"]
//input[@type="submit"] input of type submit substring unique
all elements with an attribute containing the
returns <section> if it has an <h1> ul[id ~= unique"]
//section[//h1[@id='hi']] word unique
descendant with @id= 'hi'
ul#myUniqueId li:first-child first child element
//table[count(tr) > 1] return table with more than 1 row
ul#myUniqueId li:nth-of-
//*[.="t"] element containing text 't' exactly first child element
type(1)
//a[contains(text(), "Log ul#myUniqueId li:last-child last child element
anchor with inner text containing 'Log Out'
Out")]
ul#myUniqueId li:nth-of-
//a[not(contains(text(), "Log anchor with inner text not containing 'Log last child element
type(3)
Out"))] Out'
all <p> elements that are a direct
//a[@href="url"] anchor with target link 'url' div > p
descendant of a <div> element
//img/*[1] first child of element img all <p> elements that are the next sibling of
div + p
a <div> element (i.e. placed directly after)
//ul/child::li first child 'li' of 'ul'
all <p> elements that follow, and are
//img[1] first img child div ~p
siblings of <div> elements
//img/*[last()] last child of element img a:link all unvisited links

//img[last()] last img child a:visited all visited links

a:hover all links on mouse hover
//img[last()-1] second last img child
input:active every active <input> element
//input/following-sibling::a 'a' following some sibling 'input'
input:disabled every disabled <input> element
//a/following-sibling::* sibling element immediately following 'a'
input:enabled every enabled <input> element
//input/preceding-sibling::a 'a' preceding some sibling 'input'
sibling element immediately preceding input:focus the <input> element which has focus
//input/preceding-sibling::*[1]
'input' <input> elements with the readonly
input:read-only
//img[@id='MyId']::parent/* the parent of image with id attribute specified
<input> elements with the required
//*[@id="TestTable"]//tr[3]//td[ input:required
cell by row and column attribute specified
2]
cell immediately following cell containing 't' input:checked checkbox (or radio button) that is checked
//td[preceding-sibling::td="t"]
exactly
//td[preceding- form myForm.front + ul next sibling
cell immediately following cell containing 't'
sibling::td[contains(.,"t")]]
a:contains('Log Out') anchor with inner text containing 'Log Out'
//input[@checked] checkbox (or radio button) that is checked
a[href='url'] anchor with target link 'url'
//a[@disabled] all 'a' elements that are disabled
#TestTable tr:nth-child(3) cell by row and column (e.g. 3rd row, 2nd
//a[not(@disabled)] all 'a' elements that are not disabled td:nth-child(2) column)

//a[@price > 2.50] 'a' with price > 2.5 td:contains('t') ~td cell immediately following cell containing 't'
all <p> elements with a @lang attribute
//ul[*] 'ul' that has children p:lang(language)
equal to language

FindsBy Attributes Default FindElement

[FindsBy(How = How.Id, Using = "userName")] _driver.FindElement(By.Id("userName"));
[FindsBy(How = How.ClassName, Using = "panel other")] _driver.FindElement(By.ClassName("panel other"));
[FindsBy(How = How.CssSelector, Using = "#userName")] _driver.FindElement(By.CssSelector("#userName"));
[FindsBy(How = How.LinkText, Using = "Automate Planet")] _driver.FindElement(By.LinkText("Automate The Planet"));
[FindsBy(How = How.Name, Using = "webDriverCheatSheet")] _driver.FindElement(By.Name("webDriverCheatSheet"));
[FindsBy(How = How.PartialLinkText, Using = "Automate")] _driver.FindElement(By.PartialLinkText("Automate"));
[FindsBy(How = How.TagName, Using = "a")] _driver.FindElement(By.TagName("a"));
[FindsBy(How = How.XPath, Using = "//*[@id='pan']/div ")] _driver.FindElement(By.XPath("//*[@id='panel']/div/h1"));
private IWebElement _myElement;