How to Create a Web Locator?

A Web Locator references an element on a web page. Web Locators are used by Subject7 to interact with elements.

1. After creating a new test case, click Select Command to show the right panel and select a command that uses web locators. For example, Click.

2. Next to the Locator field, click Add or View. This is where the Web Locator is created. Alternatively, you can go to Artifacts > Web Locators and define a locator there.

3. The three mandatory fields when creating a Web Locator are:

• Web Page: The web page on which the element is located.
• Type: Type defines the type of element. For example: select, button, text, radio, etc.
• Alias: A name for the element

These three fields make up the compete key for the locator. For example, a locator for the username on Google's login page might look like this:

google.text.username

It's important to remember that this name is only a name, and does not tell Subject7 how to find the element on the web page. There are a number of fields that can be used to locate an element, and only one is required. The fields that can be used are:

• Web ID
• Name
• Css Selector
• XPath 

Once finished, click Save & Close. The user is returned to the test case, with the new locator added.