Playwright CSS Selector

The playwright uses CSS selectors just like any other automation tool. CSS selector engine pierces open shadow DOM by default.

It also uses custom pseudo-classes like :visible, :text, etc. CSS was originally used to target HTML elements. The playwright uses CSS selector go to for referencing web UI elements.

CSS Selectors Examples:

• #food selects the element with id food.

<button id="food">Get</button>

.food fetches element with class food

<li class="food">...</li>

• .view .price selects the element with class .price within an element with class .view.

[class=select] Using this will select an attribute class equal to select.

<button class="select">Log in</button>

• a.cart select type a with class value cart.
• #nav > .cart finds elements within nav id and class cart.

Conclusion:

There are many more CSS selector methods with which we can pour into the playwright and use them effectively.