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SELENIUM JAVA BASICS - CHEATSHEET
Complete reference of Selenium WebDriver basic commands used in real-world automation projects

Category: Testing · Type: cheatsheet
Official docs: https://www.selenium.dev/documentation/

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## What is Selenium?

**Selenium** is an open-source browser automation framework used to automate web browsers. It enables testers and developers to simulate real user interactions and validate web application behavior across browsers and platforms.

**⚡ Key Features**
- Real browser automation
- Cross-browser support
- Multi-language bindings
- Parallel execution support

**🎯 Use Cases**
- UI automation testing
- Regression and smoke testing
- Cross-browser validation
- CI/CD pipeline automation

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## 🚀 Selenium WebDriver - Create Driver

Create a new WebDriver instance.

```java
WebDriver driver = new ChromeDriver();
```

## 🛑 Selenium WebDriver - Quit Driver

Terminate browser and WebDriver session.

```java
driver.quit();
```

## 🔲 Selenium Browser - Maximize Window

Maximize browser window.

```java
driver.manage().window().maximize();
```

## 🔻 Selenium Browser - Minimize Window

Minimize browser window.

```java
driver.manage().window().minimize();
```

## 🖥️ Selenium Browser - Fullscreen Mode

Set browser to fullscreen.

```java
driver.manage().window().fullscreen();
```

## 🌐 Selenium Navigation - Open URL

Navigate to a URL.

```java
driver.get("https://example.com");
```

## 🧭 Selenium Navigation - Navigate To

Navigate using Navigation API.

```java
driver.navigate().to("https://example.com");
```

## ⬅️ Selenium Navigation - Back

Go back to previous page.

```java
driver.navigate().back();
```

## ➡️ Selenium Navigation - Forward

Go forward in browser history.

```java
driver.navigate().forward();
```

## 🔄 Selenium Navigation - Refresh

Refresh current page.

```java
driver.navigate().refresh();
```

## 🆔 Selenium Locator - By ID

Locate element using ID.

```java
driver.findElement(By.id("username"));
```

## 📛 Selenium Locator - By Name

Locate element using name attribute.

```java
driver.findElement(By.name("password"));
```

## 🎨 Selenium Locator - By Class Name

Locate element using class name.

```java
driver.findElement(By.className("btn-primary"));
```

## 🎯 Selenium Locator - By CSS Selector

Locate element using CSS selector.

```java
driver.findElement(By.cssSelector("#login button"));
```

## 🔍 Selenium Locator - By XPath

Locate element using XPath.

```java
driver.findElement(By.xpath("//input[@type='text']"));
```

## 🔗 Selenium Locator - By Link Text

Locate link using full text.

```java
driver.findElement(By.linkText("Click here"));
```

## 📌 Selenium Locator - By Partial Link Text

Locate link using partial text.

```java
driver.findElement(By.partialLinkText("Click"));
```

## 👆 Selenium Element - Click

Click on an element.

```java
element.click();
```

## ⌨️ Selenium Element - Send Keys

Type text into input field.

```java
element.sendKeys("admin");
```

## 🧹 Selenium Element - Clear Input

Clear text from input field.

```java
element.clear();
```

## 📝 Selenium Element - Get Text

Fetch visible text.

```java
element.getText();
```

## 🔖 Selenium Element - Get Attribute

Fetch attribute value.

```java
element.getAttribute("value");
```

## 👁️ Selenium Element - Is Displayed

Check visibility of element.

```java
element.isDisplayed();
```

## ✅ Selenium Element - Is Enabled

Check if element is enabled.

```java
element.isEnabled();
```

## ☑️ Selenium Element - Is Selected

Check selection state.

```java
element.isSelected();
```

## ⏱️ Selenium Wait - Implicit Wait

Apply global implicit wait.

```java
driver.manage().timeouts().implicitlyWait(Duration.ofSeconds(10));
```

## ✔️ Selenium Alert - Accept Alert

Accept browser alert.

```java
driver.switchTo().alert().accept();
```

## ❌ Selenium Alert - Dismiss Alert

Dismiss browser alert.

```java
driver.switchTo().alert().dismiss();
```

## 🖼️ Selenium Frame - Switch by Index

Switch to iframe using index.

```java
driver.switchTo().frame(0);
```

## 🏠 Selenium Frame - Switch to Default Content

Return to main page.

```java
driver.switchTo().defaultContent();
```

## 🪟 Selenium Window - Get Window Handle

Get current window ID.

```java
driver.getWindowHandle();
```

## 🔄 Selenium Window - Switch Window

Switch to another browser window.

```java
driver.switchTo().window(windowId);
```

## 📸 Selenium Screenshot - Capture Screenshot

Capture screenshot of browser.

```java
File src = ((TakesScreenshot) driver).getScreenshotAs(OutputType.FILE);
```

## 📄 Selenium Browser - Get Title

Get page title.

```java
driver.getTitle();
```

## 🔗 Selenium Browser - Get Current URL

Get current page URL.

```java
driver.getCurrentUrl();
```

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