Ordered List in Selenium

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How to test HTML ordered list in Selenium

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What is the ordered list?

HTML Ordered List is created by the HTML <ol> tag, to display elements in an ordered form, either numerical or alphabetical. Within the <ol> tag, list items <li> are used to define the items in sequential order.

This attribute is used to specify the start value of the list.

<ol>

<html>

<head>
    <title>Numbered List Example</title>
</head>

<body>
    <h2>Ordered List with Numbers</h2>
    <ol>
        <li>JavaScript</li>
        <li>Python</li>
        <li>Java</li>
        <li>C++</li>
        <li>C#</li>
    </ol>
</body>

</html>

Below is the program to print all the elements present in the ordered list in Selenium.

package com.example;

import org.openqa.selenium.Alert;
import org.openqa.selenium.By;
import org.openqa.selenium.WebDriver;
import org.openqa.selenium.WebElement;
import org.openqa.selenium.chrome.ChromeDriver;
import org.openqa.selenium.chrome.ChromeOptions;

import java.time.Duration;
import java.util.List;

public class OrderedList {

    public static void main(String[] args) {

        // Setup the webdriver
        ChromeOptions options = new ChromeOptions();
        WebDriver driver = new ChromeDriver(options);

        // Put an Implicit wait and launch URL
        driver.manage().timeouts().implicitlyWait(Duration.ofSeconds(5));

        //Start Browser
        String filePath = "file:///C:/Users/vibha/OneDrive/Desktop/OrderedList.html";
        driver.get(filePath);

        //maximize browser
        driver.manage().window().maximize();

        //Locate the ordered list using its tag name
        WebElement orderedList = driver.findElement(By.tagName(("ol")));

        //Fetch all the list items
        List<WebElement> listItems = orderedList.findElements(By.tagName("li"));

        //Iterate through the list and print the contents
        for (int i = 0; i < listItems.size(); i++) {
            System.out.println(listItems.get(i).getText());
        }

        //Close the main window
        driver.quit();
    }

}

The output of the above program is

1. Initialize WebDriver

Initialize the WebDriver. Here, it is ChromeDriver.

// Setup the webdriver
ChromeOptions options = new ChromeOptions();
WebDriver driver = new ChromeDriver(options);

2. Put an Implicit wait and launch URL

driver.manage().timeouts().implicitlyWait(Duration.ofSeconds(5));
String filePath = "file:///C:/Users/vibha/OneDrive/Desktop/OrderedList.html";
driver.get(filePath);

3. Maximize the browser

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

4. Locate the ordered list using the tag name.

Use Selenium tagName method to locate the element.

 WebElement orderedList = driver.findElement(By.tagName(("ol")));

5. Fetch all the items

Iterate through the list and print the contents.

 List<WebElement> listItems = orderedList.findElements(By.tagName("li"));
for (int i = 0; i < listItems.size(); i++) {
            System.out.println(listItems.get(i).getText());
 }

6. Close the driver

Make sure to quit the browser to free up all the resources.

driver.quit();

Note:-

  1. Ensure that the correct locators are used to minimize the risk of element identification issues.
  2. Handle the exceptions, if any occur in the program.

That’s it! Congratulations on making it through this tutorial and hope you found it useful! Happy Learning!!