Locators

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Locators are expressions that identify elements on a web page within automated tests.ย 

When implementing Playwright, documentation states that locators should reflect the user's perspective, which is also referred to as having user-centric locators. Other frameworks such as Cypress use locators based on IDs or an XPath.
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