The By.partialLinkText() method

The By.partialLinkText locating mechanism is an extension of the By.linkText locator. If you are not sure of the entire link text or want to use only part of the link text, you can use this locator to identify the link element. So, let's modify the previous example to use only partial text on the link; in this case, we will use Privacy from the Privacy Policy link in the site footer:

The code would look like this:

@Test
public void byPartialLinkTextLocatorExample() {
    WebElement orderAndReturns = 
            driver.findElement(By.partialLinkText("PRIVACY"));
    orderAndReturns.click();
    assertThat(driver.getTitle())
            .isEqualTo("Privacy Policy");
}

What happens if there are multiple links whose text has Privacy in it? That is a question for the findElement() method rather than the locator. Remember when we discussed the findElement() method earlier, it will return only the first WebElement that it comes across. If you want all the WebElements that contain Privacy in its link text, use the findElements() method, which will return a list of all those elements.