Relative Locators ‘Above’ method in Selenium-4 with C Sharp (C#)

Relative Locators ‘Above’ method​​ in​​ Selenium 4​​ with C#

Welcome to​​ 2nd​​ article in​​ Selenium 4​​ new features​​ series. We would learn about new feature​​ ‘Relative Locators’ in Selenium 4​​ with C Sharp.

What you will Learn:

  • Relative locators - Introduction

  • Relative Locator ‘above’ method​​ (Example 1)

  • Example​​ 2

  • Code snippet for example 1

  • Code snippet for example 2

Relative Locators - Introduction

Relative locators is a new advancement that got introduced in Selenium 4.​​ Let us learn their usage with C sharp language.​​ 

Relative Locator ‘Above’ method

Launch the website
https://opensource-demo.orangehrmlive.com/​​ 

The use case is: we want to​​ locate​​ the ‘Password’ text box​​ field​​ that is​​ Above​​ the ‘LOGIN’ button​​ and then write some text inside the ‘Password’ field​​ (see below).​​ 

You might be wondering as to why do we need to do that? Why can’t we simply locate the ‘Password’ field and write some text into it? Why should we use the ‘above’ method to locate ‘Password’ field that is above the LOGIN field? ​​ 

The answer to this question is that, there might be a scenario in which a specific element does not have a unique identifier​​ (example: id, name, class etc). In this scenario, we can look for another element that has a unique property and then use relative locator methods to identify another element that does not have unique property.  ​​​​ 

Let us assume here that ‘Password’ field does NOT have a unique property to identify it. Hence we would be taking the help of LOGIN button to locate ‘Password’ field.

Let us see in practical. On inspecting LOGIN button, we see it has unique ‘id’ property that we can use

So we can write as shown below

Next let us inspect ‘Password’ text field. Notice that it is represented by tagname ‘input’. Notice that ‘Password’ field does have the unique ‘id’ property, but for time being, just assume that ‘id’ property is not present

Let us now type​​ driver.FindElement(RelativeBy.)

As seen above, we can see ‘WithLocator​​ method inside the RelativeBy​​ class.

Next, see below. There is ‘Above’ method that we can use to identify another element that is above LOGIN button

We are​​ now​​ asking selenium to locate an element​​ Above​​ loginBtn​​ element whose tagname is ‘input’

Let us capture this element​​ 

Next, let us send some keys to this password field

The complete​​ C sharp​​ script is as below:

Save and run the script.​​ 

Notice below that selenium has successfully located the ‘Password’ field above the LOGIN button and typed the text​​ “hello”​​ inside it

Another Example​​ 

Let us take another example.​​ Launch​​ https://www.way2automation.com/angularjs-protractor/registeration/#/login​​ 

Inspect​​ Username,​​ Password​​ and​​ Username *​​ 

Notice below that all 3 are represented by tagname ‘label’​​ and none of them have a unique property

The below code will help us get the​​ text​​ of​​ Username​​ *​​ label

Run this​​ script.​​ Notice below that the console output prints the text​​ Username​​ *

Similarly you can print the values of​​ Password and Username​​ labels.​​ 

This is how we can use the relative locator’s​​ Above​​ method​​ in Selenium4 with C Sharp.

Code snippet for example 1​​ 

using​​ OpenQA.Selenium;

using​​ OpenQA.Selenium.Chrome;

using​​ System;

using​​ System.Collections.Generic;

using​​ System.Linq;

using​​ System.Text;

using​​ System.Threading.Tasks;

 

namespace​​ RelLoc_Above

{

 ​​ ​​ ​​​​ class​​ Program

 ​​ ​​ ​​​​ {

 ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​​​ static​​ void​​ Main(string[] args)

 ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​​​ {

 ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​​​ IWebDriver driver =​​ new​​ ChromeDriver();

 ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​​​ driver.Navigate().GoToUrl("https://opensource-demo.orangehrmlive.com/");

 

 ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​​​ IWebElement loginBtn = driver.FindElement(By.Id("btnLogin"));

 

 ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​​​ IWebElement inpt = driver.FindElement(RelativeBy.WithLocator(By.TagName("input")).Above(loginBtn));

 

 ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​​​ inpt.SendKeys("hello");

 ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​​​ }

 ​​ ​​ ​​​​ }

}


Code snippet for example 2

using​​ OpenQA.Selenium;

using​​ OpenQA.Selenium.Chrome;

using​​ System;

using​​ System.Collections.Generic;

using​​ System.Linq;

using​​ System.Text;

using​​ System.Threading;

using​​ System.Threading.Tasks;

 

namespace​​ RelLoc_Above

{

 ​​ ​​ ​​​​ class​​ Program

 ​​ ​​ ​​​​ {

 ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​​​ static​​ void​​ Main(string[] args)

 ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​​​ {

 ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​​​ IWebDriver driver =​​ new​​ ChromeDriver();

 ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​​​ driver.Navigate().GoToUrl("https://www.way2automation.com/angularjs-protractor/registeration/#/login");

 

 ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​​​ Thread.Sleep(2000);

 

 ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​​​ IWebElement uname2Field = driver.FindElement(By.Id("formly_1_input_username_0"));

 ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​​​ Console.WriteLine(driver.FindElement(RelativeBy.WithLocator(By.TagName("label")).Above(uname2Field)).Text);

 ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​​​ }

 ​​ ​​ ​​​​ }

}

 

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