POM Builder – Auto-generate CSS/XPath Locator chrome extension

What is POM Builder – Auto-generate CSS/XPath Locator?

POM Builder – Auto-generate CSS/XPath Locator is a css extension for chrome. also, it is xpath extension. it's a free extension and is featured in Developer Tools, it has 10,000+ active users since released its first version, it earns an average rating of 3.89 from 28 rated user, last update is 1133 days ago.

What’s new in version 1.1.7?

                Save time by letting POM Builder instantly suggest the most reliable locator for your inspected web element. The suggestion might be either XPath, CSS selector, By.id, By.name, By.linkText, etc. You can use these locators for all automation frameworks including Selenium, Protractor, Robot Framework, webdriver.io, TestArchitect Enterprise and TestArchitect Gondola.

WHO IS IT FOR? 
* Test automation engineers who specialize in web testing using Selenium, Protractor, Robot Framework, webdriver.io and TestArchitect Automation Suite.

WHY USE IT?
SMART GEN
* POM Builder automatically generates the best locator for your web element of interest. The best locator should be [1] short, [2] reliable and [3] easy to understand.
* POM Builder’s smart algorithm automatically detects and ignores dynamic IDs generated by some front-end frameworks.
* If you don’t want to use the suggested locator or if your project’s convention dictates a certain type of locators, you can manually select the locator type that fits you best.

LOCATOR TEST
* You can evaluate the suggested locator or your customized locator to check whether that locator can uniquely identify the web element of interest.

POM CODE GEN
* After designing the best locator for your web element, POM Builder can help you generate the corresponding POM code snippet. You can paste this code snippet directly into your Selenium, Protractor and TestArchitect project.

NOTES:
* POM Builder does not track your browsing history in any way, nor does it transmit any data over the internet. All data remains on your local hard disk drive at all times. However, POM Builder needs "webNavigation" and "tabs" permissions in order to generate locators for elements inside iFrames.

WHAT'S NEW
* Version: 1.1.7
- Shadow DOM support

* Version: 1.0.129
- Minor bug fixes

* Version: 1.0.124
- Added more information to the popup window
- Minor bug fixes

* Version: 1.0.104
- Generates frame path for an element located inside an iFrame
- Add escape sequences to output locator, if required.
- Improve UI/UX for POM Template Configuration feature: change behaviors of saving and reset functions.
- Improve UI/UX for Smart Gen feature: auto-hide non value field.
- Improve xPath and Css algorithm.
- Fix some other issues reported by our dear users.
Known Issues:
- Test Locator does not work properly in auto-redirect website.
- Locator values are not refreshed if user inspects the control in another frame then inspects back to exactly previous element.

* User Guide: https://github.com/logigearcorporation/pombuilder/wiki/User-Guide
* Release notes: https://github.com/logigearcorporation/pombuilder/wiki/Release-Notes
* Blog: https://blog.pombuilder.com/
* User group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/pombuilder/            

How to install POM Builder – Auto-generate CSS/XPath Locator?

You could download the latest version crx file or older version files and install it.

Preview of POM Builder – Auto-generate CSS/XPath Locator

---

Reviews of pom builder – auto-generate css/xpath locator:

---

Emil Shaiakhmedov July 20th, 2021

awesome

---

Quang Phan May 17th, 2021

An awesome tool that help me save a lot of time !!

---

Joe Ferrar April 25th, 2021

breaks everytime, waste of time.

Read more review & comments of pom builder – auto-generate css/xpath locator