By Class

Provides a mechanism by which to find elements within a document.

Inheritance Hierarchy

SystemObject
SeleniumBy

Namespace: Selenium
Assembly: Selenium (in Selenium.dll) Version: 2.0.9.0 (2.0.9.0)

Syntax

VB Usage

Dim instance As By

The By type exposes the following members.

Constructors

	Name	Description
	By	Creates an empty mechanism.

Methods

	Name	Description
	Any	Search using multiple mechanisms
	Class	Search by class name
	Css	Search by CSS selector
	Equals	Comapre two by objects (Overrides ObjectEquals(Object).)
	GetHashCode	(Overrides ObjectGetHashCode.)
	Id	Search by id
	LinkText	Search by link text
	Name	Search by name attribute
	PartialLinkText	Search by partial link text
	Tag	Search by tag name
	ToString	Gets a string representation of the finder. (Overrides ObjectToString.)
	XPath	Search by XPath

Properties

	Name	Description
	Strategy	Strategy
	Value	Value

Examples

Find an element by id:

Set bt = By.Id("id")
driver.FindElement(bt).Click

Find an element by id or name:

Set bt = By.Any(By.Id("name"), By.Id("id"))
driver.FindElement(bt).Click