# Properties Library

<table><thead><tr><th width="161">Property Name</th><th>Property Value</th><th>When to use</th><th>How it works</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>byValue</td><td>TRUE / FALSE</td><td><ol><li>When the user required value is saved in the attribute "value"</li><li>When the value was saved in the hidden attribute</li></ol></td><td>It finds the web element matching the with the attribute value == given test data<br><strong>Note</strong> : Works only for select tags</td></tr><tr><td>byIndex</td><td>TRUE / FALSE</td><td><ol><li>When the user required value is in maintained in a fixed index all the time</li></ol></td><td>It finds the web element matching with the given index number in the tets data<br><strong>Note</strong> : Works only for select tags</td></tr><tr><td>byname</td><td>TRUE / FALSE</td><td>When the user required value is saved in the attribute "name"</td><td>It finds the web element matching the with the attribute value == given test data<br><strong>Note</strong> : Works only for select tags</td></tr><tr><td>tagName</td><td>YOUR TAG NAME</td><td>It is a special property when the dropdown is not authentic. <br>Here user has to provied the tagName   value.<br>Ex : dropdown has values in "li" tags.<br>Then we have to configure as <br><strong>tagName : li</strong></td><td>QATTS frames the XPATH locator internally with the test data given.<br><br>Finds and clicks the element. </td></tr><tr><td><ol><li>Contains</li><li>tagName</li></ol></td><td><ol><li>TRUE / FALSE</li><li>YOUR TAG NAME</li></ol></td><td>This works same as above. The only difference is. When we have the partial text provided in the test data. This will work</td><td>QATTS frames the XPATH locator internally with the test data given.<br><br>Finds and clicks the element. </td></tr><tr><td>custom</td><td>YOUR_XPATH</td><td>When we have to write a complex XPATH and then replace a value inside it using parameterization ${} in the given locator</td><td>QATTS evaluates the given XPATH.<br><br>Finds and clicks the element.</td></tr></tbody></table>

Note : When configuring the tagName, contains, Custom -> Main locator should be configured to match the main click and tagName should match the value.