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Selenium-Java All Methods CheatSheet

PublishedAugust 2, 2025

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1. WebDriver Interface Methods

Method	Return Type	Description
`get(String url)`	`void`	Opens a URL in the browser
`getCurrentUrl()`	`String`	Returns the current page URL
`getTitle()`	`String`	Returns the page title
`getPageSource()`	`String`	Returns the HTML source of the page
`close()`	`void`	Closes the current browser window
`quit()`	`void`	Quits all browser windows and ends session
`getWindowHandle()`	`String`	Returns the handle of the current window
`getWindowHandles()`	`Set<String>`	Returns a set of all open window handles
`switchTo()`	`TargetLocator`	Switches to frame, window, or alert
`navigate()`	`Navigation`	Provides browser navigation options
`manage()`	`Options`	Provides browser options like cookies, timeouts

🔹 2. WebElement Interface Methods

Method	Return Type	Description
`click()`	`void`	Clicks the element
`submit()`	`void`	Submits the form element
`sendKeys(CharSequence...)`	`void`	Types into the element
`clear()`	`void`	Clears the value of input field
`getTagName()`	`String`	Gets the tag name of the element
`getAttribute(String name)`	`String`	Gets the attribute value
`getText()`	`String`	Gets the visible text
`getCssValue(String propertyName)`	`String`	Gets CSS property value
`getLocation()`	`Point`	Returns location of the element
`getSize()`	`Dimension`	Gets size of the element
`getRect()`	`Rectangle`	Gets dimensions and position
`isDisplayed()`	`boolean`	Checks if visible
`isEnabled()`	`boolean`	Checks if enabled
`isSelected()`	`boolean`	Checks if selected
`findElement(By by)`	`WebElement`	Finds child element
`findElements(By by)`	`List<WebElement>`	Finds list of child elements

🔹 3. Navigation Interface (from `driver.navigate()`)

Method	Return Type	Description
`to(String url)`	`void`	Navigates to a URL
`to(URL url)`	`void`	Navigates to a URL object
`back()`	`void`	Navigates back in browser history
`forward()`	`void`	Navigates forward
`refresh()`	`void`	Reloads the current page

🔹 4. TargetLocator Interface (from `driver.switchTo()`)

Method	Return Type	Description
`frame(int index)`	`WebDriver`	Switch to frame by index
`frame(String nameOrId)`	`WebDriver`	Switch to frame by name or ID
`frame(WebElement element)`	`WebDriver`	Switch to frame by WebElement
`defaultContent()`	`WebDriver`	Switch back to main frame
`parentFrame()`	`WebDriver`	Switch to parent frame
`window(String nameOrHandle)`	`WebDriver`	Switch to window
`alert()`	`Alert`	Switch to alert popup
`activeElement()`	`WebElement`	Switch to active element

🔹 5. Alert Interface (JavaScript Alerts)

Method	Return Type	Description
`accept()`	`void`	Accepts alert
`dismiss()`	`void`	Dismisses alert
`getText()`	`String`	Gets alert text
`sendKeys(String keysToSend)`	`void`	Sends input to alert

🔹 6. Select Class (Dropdowns)

Method	Return Type	Description
`selectByVisibleText(String text)`	`void`	Select by visible option text
`selectByValue(String value)`	`void`	Select by value attribute
`selectByIndex(int index)`	`void`	Select by index
`deselectAll()`	`void`	Deselects all options
`deselectByIndex(int index)`	`void`	Deselect by index
`deselectByValue(String value)`	`void`	Deselect by value
`deselectByVisibleText(String text)`	`void`	Deselect by text
`getAllSelectedOptions()`	`List<WebElement>`	Gets all selected options
`getFirstSelectedOption()`	`WebElement`	Gets first selected option
`getOptions()`	`List<WebElement>`	Gets all options in dropdown
`isMultiple()`	`boolean`	Checks if multi-select

🔹 7. Options Interface (from `driver.manage()`)

Method	Return Type	Description
`window()`	`Window`	Returns window interface
`timeouts()`	`Timeouts`	Returns timeouts interface
`deleteAllCookies()`	`void`	Deletes all cookies
`addCookie(Cookie cookie)`	`void`	Adds a cookie
`deleteCookieNamed(String name)`	`void`	Deletes cookie by name
`getCookies()`	`Set<Cookie>`	Gets all cookies
`getCookieNamed(String name)`	`Cookie`	Gets cookie by name

🔹 8. Timeouts Interface

Method	Return Type	Description
`implicitlyWait(Duration duration)`	`Timeouts`	Sets implicit wait
`pageLoadTimeout(Duration duration)`	`Timeouts`	Sets max time for page load
`scriptTimeout(Duration duration)`	`Timeouts`	Sets time for async script execution

🔹 9. Actions Class (Mouse + Keyboard)

Method	Return Type	Description
`click()`	`Actions`	Clicks current mouse location
`click(WebElement element)`	`Actions`	Clicks given element
`doubleClick()`	`Actions`	Double-clicks
`contextClick()`	`Actions`	Right-click
`moveToElement(WebElement element)`	`Actions`	Move to element
`dragAndDrop(WebElement src, WebElement target)`	`Actions`	Drags from source to target
`sendKeys(CharSequence keys)`	`Actions`	Types keys
`keyDown(Keys key)`	`Actions`	Holds down key
`keyUp(Keys key)`	`Actions`	Releases key
`build()`	`Action`	Builds the action chain
`perform()`	`void`	Executes the action chain

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