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Is it possible to pass incomplete strings into a locator?

Page Object ModelBeginnerCSSDOM ManipulationPlaywright
adamdelsolposted in #help-playwright
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adamdelsol
adamdelsol

I'm thinking something like page.locator(startsWith(#button--listbox-input)).click()

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.andypc
.andypc
@adamdelsol: And for comparison, the "complete" string would look like... ?

And for comparison, the "complete" string would look like... ?

adamdelsol
adamdelsol

#button--listbox-input--19

But the 19 is dynamic.

adamdelsol
adamdelsol

So the first part of the element id is static and it's differentiated enough from the other elements on the page that it would be great if I could just use that for the time being until I have time to implement static test-ids

skorp32
skorp32

you'll need to use css selector, for example page.locator('[id^=button--listbox-input]') will match all elements that start with button--listbox-input

adamdelsol
adamdelsol
@skorp32: That worked. Thanks so much!

That worked. Thanks so much!

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