Can we use normal locators to automate Pseudo-Elements in Selenium?

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Can we use normal locators to automate Pseudo-Elements in Selenium?

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Hi Mark,

Pseudo-elements are special elements, which you cannot work with using normal Selenium locators. Since the pseudo-elements in CSS arenā€™t static HTML elements, they are created on the fly when they need to be viewed. This is why they are executed in the front end at runtime and ā€œliveā€ only when the page loads. When the Selenium WebDriver wants to interact with these pseudo-elements, the code gives NoSuchElementError.

However, pseudo-elements can be automated in Selenium with the help of JavaScriptExecutor.

To know how to work with Pseudo-Elements in Selenium JavaScript, please go through the following blog:

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