CSS Selector - Attribute

Syntax: css=<HTML tag><[attribute=Value of attribute]>
We can use value, type and name as an Attribute to create a CSS Selector.
Value of attribute denotes the value which is being accessed at the time of using a particular attribute.

Let us consider an example on how to use an Attribute to create a CSS Selector which uniquely identifies a web element.

We will try to locate a web element by defining the CSS Selector for that particular web element.

Modify the properties of first command as:
- Command: open
- Target: https://www.testandquiz.com/user-login0
- After execution, this command will load the Test and Quiz login page on your Firefox browser.

Now, using second command we will try to locate the "Username" text box.

First we will inspect the "Username" text box to determine which attribute will be best suited to locate the desired web element.

- It will launch a window containing all the specific codes involved in the development of "Username" text box.

We will define the CSS Selector as: css=input[name='email_id']

Modify the properties of second command as:
- Command: click at
- Target: css=input[name='email_id']
- After execution, this command will click on the "Username" text box.

We will add one more command using the same CSS Selector. This command will type the username text into the "Username" text box.

Modify the properties of third command as:
- Command: type
- Target: css=input[name='email_id']
- Value: username
- After execution, this command will type the value in the "Username" text box.

Let us execute our test script to see whether our inserted commands are working or not.

Click on the "Run Current Test" button present on the tool bar menu of the IDE. It will execute all of your inserted commands on the browser and gives you an overall summary of the executed test script.

The following screenshot shows that we have successfully executed our test script.