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How to Get the descendent DOM elements of a specific selector
To get the descended DOM element of a specific locator, use cy.find() function as seen in the example below: For HTML Code The following command returns all ordered list (li) elements inside the unordered list (ul) element cy.get(‘#parent’).find(‘li’)
Using Regular expressions inside the cy.contains()
Cypress allows the use of regular expressions inside contains() function.As seen in the below example, you can search for the element containing text that starts with b and has one or more word characters (numbers, alphabets, and _) cy.contains(/^b\w+/) To ignore the Case Sensitivity while using regular expressions inside contains() function, use { matchCase: false …
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Locating Elements Containing Text
Get Element By Containing Text in CypressCypress provides contains() function along with the tag name and should be able to get the element.The above approach is most useful to find the href link by Text in CypressFor Example:cy.get(‘a:contains(“Forgotten password?”)’).first().click() Get DOM Element containing Text in CypressCypress provides contains() function, which can be used with cy …
Working with multiple matching element contains same attribute and value
Cypress provides various methods to work with the first element, last element, or element at a specific index, then you need to use the first(), last(), or eq() functions along with cy.get(). Get the first Element in CypressThe function .first() is used to get the first element in a set of elements For Example:cy.get(‘.name-text-box’).first() Get …
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Cypress – Locators
Cypress only supports the Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) selectors to identify the elements.However, it can also work with xpath, with the help of the ‘Cypress-Xpath’ plugin. Syntax with attribute-id and tagname is tagname#id − input#user_email_login or #user_email_login Syntax with attribute-class and tagname is tagname.class − input.user_email_ajax or .user_email_ajax Syntax with any attribute value and tagname …
Advantages and Limitations of Cypress
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