Locating Elements

Using the WebDriver to find elements in the application.

###Examples

• GWT & GXT Sample

##Reference

• FasterByChained Javadoc
• CheatingByChained Javadoc

##Finding Elements The Selenium driver provides the traditional element search and GWT Driver adds the ability to search for the element by looking for the widget by name.

• Finding the body element using Selenium By.

WebElement bodyElement = driver.findElement(By.tagName("body"));

• Finding a element using GWT Driver By. Note that the better the XPath delineation the better the speed in finding the desired element. One of the greedier XPath searches is .//* finding all the possible sibling elements.

WebElement hlcElement = driver.findElement(
    new FasterByChained(By.xpath(".//div/*"), new ByWidget(driver,
        com.sencha.gxt.widget.core.client.container.HorizontalLayoutContainer.class)));

##Finding Elements with XPath XPath provides the starting point of the DOM element search for the Widget class name. XPath can be iterative expensive so defining a specific XPath is beneficial to providing a faster element search.

• This is an example of how to provide the XPath starting point to the element search.

WebElement hlcElement = driver.findElement(
    new FasterByChained(By.xpath(".//div/*"), new ByWidget(driver,
        com.sencha.gxt.widget.core.client.container.HorizontalLayoutContainer.class)));