Can I assign multiple locators to the same element?

Question

I have an element that changes the locator under certain conditions. I would like to have one element in my code, but to search for the element in two ways (two locators). I use Selenium.Support classes(C#). Is it possible?

Answer 1

Yes, you can have multiple locators to the same element. But not at the same time. You will have to use if else condition with try catch block.

e.g.

Element ele = null;

try{

ele = driver.findElement(By.id("your id here"));

}catch(NoSuchElementException ignore){

ele = driver.findElement(By.className("your class name here"));

}

 

Hope that helps! Please feel free to comment if you have any questions.

Comments

But how to use this with Selenium.Support classes.
In my code I declare element in this way:

[FindsBy(How = How.XPath, Using = "//div[@class='button']")]
protected IWebElement Button{ get; set; }

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Have you tried simply using FindsBy twice?

[FindsBy(How = How.Id, Using = "myIdhere")]
[FindsBy(How = How.XPath, Using = "//div[@class='button']")]
protected IWebElement Button{ get; set; }

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It works! Thank you!