findElement by partialLinkText in Selenium Java - Test Execution Trace

Test Overview

This test opens a web page and finds a link using a part of its visible text. It then clicks the link and verifies that the new page contains expected content.

Test Code - JUnit

Selenium Java

import org.openqa.selenium.By;
import org.openqa.selenium.WebDriver;
import org.openqa.selenium.WebElement;
import org.openqa.selenium.chrome.ChromeDriver;
import org.junit.jupiter.api.AfterEach;
import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeEach;
import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertTrue;

public class PartialLinkTextTest {
    private WebDriver driver;

    @BeforeEach
    public void setUp() {
        driver = new ChromeDriver();
    }

    @Test
    public void testFindElementByPartialLinkText() {
        driver.get("https://example.com");
        WebElement link = driver.findElement(By.partialLinkText("More information"));
        link.click();
        String pageSource = driver.getPageSource();
        assertTrue(pageSource.contains("Example Domain"), "Page should contain 'Example Domain'");
    }

    @AfterEach
    public void tearDown() {
        if (driver != null) {
            driver.quit();
        }
    }
}

Execution Trace - 6 Steps

Step	Action	System State	Assertion	Result
1	Test starts and Chrome browser opens	Chrome browser window is open and ready	-	PASS
2	Browser navigates to https://example.com	Page loads showing Example Domain homepage	-	PASS
3	Find element by partial link text 'More information'	Link with text containing 'More information' is located	Element is found and not null	PASS
4	Click the found link	Browser navigates to the linked page	-	PASS
5	Get page source and check it contains 'Example Domain'	Page source is retrieved	Assert page source contains 'Example Domain'	PASS
6	Test ends and browser closes	Browser window is closed	-	PASS

Failure Scenario

Failing Condition: The link with partial text 'More information' is not found on the page

Execution Trace Quiz - 3 Questions

What method is used to find the link in this test?

A findElement(By.id("More information"))

B findElement(By.className("More information"))

C findElement(By.partialLinkText("More information"))

D findElement(By.tagName("a"))

Key Result

Using partialLinkText locator helps find links when you know only part of the link text, making tests more flexible and less brittle.