Selenium CSS Selector #8 – First-of-type, Last-of-type, Nth-of-type()

In this Selenium CSS Selector tutorial we will learn about CSS selector Pseudo classes first-of-type, last-of-type and nth-of-type()

first-of-type – Returns the first element of its type among a group of sibling elements

last-of-type – Returns the last element of its type among a group of sibling elements

nth-of-type() – matches elements of a given type, based on their position among a group of siblings.

Selenium CSS Selector #6 – Next Sibling | Adjacent Sibling Combinator

Adjacent sibling combinator (+) separates two CSS selectors and matches the second webelement only if it immediately follows the first webelement, and both are the child of same parent webelement.

Next Sibling elements are located using the + operator.

Selenium CSS Selector #5 – Finding Direct Child or Sub-child Elements

In this CSS selector tutorial we will learn how to find direct child and sub-child elements.

Child combinator  is used to select direct child and Descendant combinator is used to select Child or Sub-child.

Selenium CSS Selector #4 – CSS Selector Substring Matching

In this Selenium CSS Selector tutorial we will learn how to identify webelements using sub-string matches in Selenium.

Sub-string matches are very helpful in identifying dynamic webelements with the help of partial string matches.

The 3 important special characters in css sub-string selectors are:

‘^’ Sign – Signify’s the prefix of the text

‘$’ Sign – Signify’s the suffix of the text

‘*’ Sign – Signify’s the sub-string of the text

Selenium CSS Selector #2 – Write CSS Selector using Class Attribute

In this Selenium CSS selector tutorial we will learn how to write CSS selector using Class attribute.

If the webelement has the CLASS attribute you can use CLASS attribute details in CSS selector

CLASS attribute in CSS Selector is symbolised by the DOT (.) sign

Syntax : tagName.elementID

Example : input.signup