How to Use CSS Selectors in Playwright, Selenium & Cypress

What are CSS Selectors?

CSS selectors are used in test automation to locate and interact with web elements. They help identify elements efficiently without relying on brittle XPath expressions.

Basic CSS Selectors:

These selectors help in locating elements by tag name, class, ID, or attributes.

   

CSS Combinators (Relationships Between Elements):

These selectors allow targeting elements based on their relationship in the DOM.

CSS Pseudo-Classes (State-Based Selectors):

These selectors allow selecting elements based on their position or state.

CSS Pseudo-Elements (Adding Extra Content in CSS Only): 

These selectors are used to insert content before or after an element.