Standards for using static locators

The standards to use for defining locators will vary from AUT to AUT. In a perfect world, all browser and mobile pages would have a unique ID assigned to each element in the application, and users would just create a static locator using those IDs. Unfortunately, it is not a perfect world.

However, there are some common best practices that users can follow to ensure the framework is as efficient as possible.

Let's take a look at each type of locator.

Rules for using standard locators

The locator types can be divided up into three distinct categories: simple, CSS, and XPath. Let's discuss each type here.

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