sidebar_label: Frame.locator

Frame.locator() method

Creates a locator for the provided selector. See Locator for details and supported actions.

class Frame {
  locator<Selector extends string>(
    selector: Selector,
  ): Locator<NodeFor<Selector>>;
}

Parameter	Type	Description
selector	Selector	[selector](https://pptr.dev/guides/page-interactions#selectors) to query the page for. [CSS selectors](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/CSS_Selectors) can be passed as-is and a [Puppeteer-specific selector syntax](https://pptr.dev/guides/page-interactions#non-css-selectors) allows querying by [text](https://pptr.dev/guides/page-interactions#text-selectors--p-text), [a11y role and name](https://pptr.dev/guides/page-interactions#aria-selectors--p-aria), and [xpath](https://pptr.dev/guides/page-interactions#xpath-selectors--p-xpath) and [combining these queries across shadow roots](https://pptr.dev/guides/page-interactions#querying-elements-in-shadow-dom). Alternatively, you can specify the selector type using a [prefix](https://pptr.dev/guides/page-interactions#prefixed-selector-syntax).

Returns:

Locator<NodeFor<Selector>>

Creates a locator for the provided function. See Locator for details and supported actions.

class Frame {
  locator<Ret>(func: () => Awaitable<Ret>): Locator<Ret>;
}

Parameter	Type	Description
func	() => [Awaitable](./puppeteer.awaitable.md)<Ret>

Returns:

Locator<Ret>