What are the different types of locators in Selenium?

Selenium provides 8 types of locators to identify web elements:

1. ID: driver.findElement(By.id("elementId"))
2. Name: driver.findElement(By.name("elementName"))
3. Class Name: driver.findElement(By.className("className"))
4. Tag Name: driver.findElement(By.tagName("input"))
5. Link Text: driver.findElement(By.linkText("Click Here"))
6. Partial Link Text: driver.findElement(By.partialLinkText("Click"))
7. XPath: driver.findElement(By.xpath("//input[@id='username']"))
8. CSS Selector: driver.findElement(By.cssSelector("#username"))

Best Practices:

• Prefer ID and Name (most reliable)
• Use CSS Selector over XPath when possible (faster)
• Avoid absolute XPath