Element locators play an important part in interacting with elements in Selenium tests. Let me clarify here that Selenium supports lots of element locators like ID, Name, XPath, CSS Selectors, tagName, linkText, partialLinkText. All the element locators have their own advantages and disadvantages. Let us see what the tagName locator in Selenium, how it works, and when to use it in real-time test automation scenarios.

What is TagName Locator in Selenium?

By.ByTagName is an inner static class inside the By class in Selenium. It represents the By.tagName(String tagName) locator strategy.

TagName locator is a simple and very powerful element locator in Selenium. One can use it to locate an element by HTML tags such as <input>, <a>, <div>, <button>, <h1>, etc. It allows to interact with all the links on a page or loop through rows in a table. Also, you can use it to find elements of a specific tag type, either a single element or a group of them.

 Selenium is a flexible automation testing tool that provides multiple ways to locate web elements. findElement(By.className()) is one of the different types of element locators in Selenium. You can use this method in Selenium when an element has a class attribute. It allows you to select a group of elements or a specific element. You can use it to identify web elements like buttons, links, or input fields.

In this guide, we will learn about:

  • What findElement(By.className()) is
  • Why Use Find Element by Class In Selenium?
  • How to Use findElement(By.className())
  • Limitations & Advantages
  • Examples in Java, Python, and C#
  • Find element by class FAQs
  • Troubleshooting Common find element by class Errors

Are you looking to automate tests with Selenium but can’t get the correct version of ChromeDriver? You’re not alone.

Many testers and developers are struggling with errors like:

❌ SessionNotCreatedException: This version of ChromeDriver only supports Chrome version X

❌ chromedriver executable needs to be in PATH

Here is the solution. 

This article will teach you how to download, install, and set up ChromeDriver for Selenium in Windows, Linux, and MAC OS (without errors).