Selenium WebDriver Locator by ID

This post was most recently updated on August 5th, 2024

Here is example to find element by Locator Type as ID

ID is attribute used with HTML element to uniquely identify it in HTML document.
Faster and easiest way to locate an element in HTML document using selenium.

How to find web element by using id in Java language

WebElement wElement=driver.findElement(By.id("id_attribute_value"));

1	WebElement wElement=driver.findElement(By.id("id_attribute_value"));

Steps to find ID attribute of web element.

Open url https://www.societyhive.com/ in chrome browser.
Open Developers tool using F12 or Ctrl+Shift+I.
Inspect element by using Ctrl+Shift+C or by clicking on arrow icon in devTools.
Click on input box having placeholder text as “Society name” on web page.

Id attribute in html element.

Java code to find above element by id attribute is:

WebElement inputBox1=driver.findElement(By.id("txtSocietyName"));

1	WebElement inputBox1=driver.findElement(By.id("txtSocietyName"));

To enter some text in text box

inputBox1.SendKeys("Temp Value");

1	inputBox1.SendKeys("Temp Value");

To clear entered values in Text box

inputBox1.clear();

1	inputBox1.clear();