HTML Elements Supported by Watir

Watir supports all (or most) HTML elements from HTML Standard page.

The below table summarizes some of the more common element types and locators.

Watir method	HTML tag	:class	:css	:for	:href	:id	:index	:name	:src	:text	:value	:xpath
button	<button> <input type="button"> <input type="image"> <input type="reset"> <input type="submit">	Yes		No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
checkbox	<input type="checkbox">	Yes		No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
div	<div>	Yes		No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes
file_field	<input type="file">	Yes		No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes
frame	<frame> <iframe>	No		No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
h1 h2 h3 h4 h5 h6	<h1> <h2> <h3> <h4> <h5> <h6>	Yes		No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes
hidden	<input type="hidden">	Yes		No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
image	<img>	Yes		Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
label	<label>	Yes		No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes
li	<li>	Yes		No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes
link	<a>	Yes		No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes
p	<p>	Yes		No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes
radio	<input type="radio">	Yes		No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
select_list	<select>	Yes		No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
span	<span>	Yes		No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes
table	<table>	Yes		No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes
td	<td>	Yes		No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes
tr	<tr>	Yes		No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes
textarea	<textarea>	Yes		No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
text_field	<input type="password"> <input type="text"> <textarea>	Yes		No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
ul	<ul>	Yes		No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes