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Generating element locators

The plugin has a nice feature for creating WebElement definitions, adding locators of choice, and validating them in the class. It provides a set of tooltips to tell the user what is incorrect in the syntax of the locator, which is helpful when creating CSS and XPath strings.

Here is a screenshot of the locator strategy feature:

Selenium settings configuration dialog

Once the WebElement structure is built into the page object class, you can capture and verify the locator, and it will indicate an error with a red underline.

When moving over the invalid syntax, it provides a tooltip and a lightbulb icon to the left ...