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 (Hide Test case Info) and select the command to use from the drop-down list. 

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. The user is returned to the test case, with the new locator added.