Selenium Dynamic Elements Guide

Selenium has various methods to locate dynamic elements. Here are some common ones:

1. Using XPath: XPath is a powerful way to locate elements by their attributes, hierarchical relationships, etc. For dynamic elements, you can use the wildcard * in XPath to represent any element. For example, you can use //*[@id=”dynamic_element”] to locate the dynamic element with the id attribute “dynamic_element”.
2. CSS selectors: CSS selectors are another common way to locate elements. For dynamic elements, you can use the asterisk * in CSS selectors to represent any element. For example, you can use #dynamic_element to locate a dynamic element with an id attribute of “dynamic_element”.
3. Regular expressions can be used to match certain fixed parts within attribute values of dynamic elements. For example, one can use driver.find_element_by_xpath(“//*[contains(@id, ‘dynamic_’)]”) to locate dynamic elements with id attributes starting with “dynamic_”.
4. Using parent element positioning: If the dynamic element’s parent element is unique, you can first locate the parent element, and then locate the child element through the parent element. For example, you can first locate the parent element, and then use parent_element.find_element_by_xpath(“.//div[@class=’dynamic_element’]”) to locate the dynamic element with the class attribute “dynamic_element”.

The appropriate positioning method should be chosen according to the specific situation in order to accurately locate dynamic elements.