Is there an addon which you can test css selectors in firefox? Is there an addon which you can test css selectors in firefox? selenium selenium

Is there an addon which you can test css selectors in firefox?


Edit 2019-12-04:

The firefinder addon no longer exists, but you can use the developer console (press F12), and the $$ function to get elements matching a selector, eg. to select all divs: $$('div')

Old answer:

FireFinder does exactly what you are looking for. You can evaluate either CSS, or XPath expressions, it will list the matching elements, and also draw a red border around them.

FireFinder


Yes you can go for FireBug, a versatile Firefox web development add-on.

Firebug
(source: getfirebug.com)

To test a CSS selector, go to the "Console" tab and enter a command in the bottom form (more info on how to find the command line).

Firebug command line

Inside the command line use the $$("your CSS selector") syntax to test CSS selectors, explained in more detail here. For example use this command to select everything:

$$("body")


Here's how to use the built in CSS query selector in Firefox:

Go to Tools > Web Developer > Web Console

Also, you could press ctrl shift i in Windows/Linux, or cmd opt i in Mac.

Type in your CSS selector (using traditional $$() syntax) at the very bottom left corner.

The object node list will appear on the right hand panel of the console.

$$('div')[object NodeList]$$('div').length42

This is handy for Selenium Webdriver instances of Firefox, where having an extension isn't feasible.