\documentclass[10pt,a4paper]{article} % Packages \usepackage{fancyhdr} % For header and footer \usepackage{multicol} % Allows multicols in tables \usepackage{tabularx} % Intelligent column widths \usepackage{tabulary} % Used in header and footer \usepackage{hhline} % Border under tables \usepackage{graphicx} % For images \usepackage{xcolor} % For hex colours %\usepackage[utf8x]{inputenc} % For unicode character support \usepackage[T1]{fontenc} % Without this we get weird character replacements \usepackage{colortbl} % For coloured tables \usepackage{setspace} % For line height \usepackage{lastpage} % Needed for total page number \usepackage{seqsplit} % Splits long words. %\usepackage{opensans} % Can't make this work so far. Shame. Would be lovely. \usepackage[normalem]{ulem} % For underlining links % Most of the following are not required for the majority % of cheat sheets but are needed for some symbol support. \usepackage{amsmath} % Symbols \usepackage{MnSymbol} % Symbols \usepackage{wasysym} % Symbols %\usepackage[english,german,french,spanish,italian]{babel} % Languages % Document Info \author{Greg Finzer (GregFinzer)} \pdfinfo{ /Title (css-and-xpath-selectors.pdf) /Creator (Cheatography) /Author (Greg Finzer (GregFinzer)) /Subject (CSS and XPath Selectors Cheat Sheet) } % Lengths and widths \addtolength{\textwidth}{6cm} \addtolength{\textheight}{-1cm} \addtolength{\hoffset}{-3cm} \addtolength{\voffset}{-2cm} \setlength{\tabcolsep}{0.2cm} % Space between columns \setlength{\headsep}{-12pt} % Reduce space between header and content \setlength{\headheight}{85pt} % If less, LaTeX automatically increases it \renewcommand{\footrulewidth}{0pt} % Remove footer line \renewcommand{\headrulewidth}{0pt} % Remove header line \renewcommand{\seqinsert}{\ifmmode\allowbreak\else\-\fi} % Hyphens in seqsplit % This two commands together give roughly % the right line height in the tables \renewcommand{\arraystretch}{1.3} \onehalfspacing % Commands \newcommand{\SetRowColor}[1]{\noalign{\gdef\RowColorName{#1}}\rowcolor{\RowColorName}} % Shortcut for row colour \newcommand{\mymulticolumn}[3]{\multicolumn{#1}{>{\columncolor{\RowColorName}}#2}{#3}} % For coloured multi-cols \newcolumntype{x}[1]{>{\raggedright}p{#1}} % New column types for ragged-right paragraph columns \newcommand{\tn}{\tabularnewline} % Required as custom column type in use % Font and Colours \definecolor{HeadBackground}{HTML}{333333} \definecolor{FootBackground}{HTML}{666666} \definecolor{TextColor}{HTML}{333333} \definecolor{DarkBackground}{HTML}{FF7F50} \definecolor{LightBackground}{HTML}{FFF7F4} \renewcommand{\familydefault}{\sfdefault} \color{TextColor} % Header and Footer \pagestyle{fancy} \fancyhead{} % Set header to blank \fancyfoot{} % Set footer to blank \fancyhead[L]{ \noindent \begin{multicols}{3} \begin{tabulary}{5.8cm}{C} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \vspace{-7pt} {\parbox{\dimexpr\textwidth-2\fboxsep\relax}{\noindent \hspace*{-6pt}\includegraphics[width=5.8cm]{/web/www.cheatography.com/public/images/cheatography_logo.pdf}} } \end{tabulary} \columnbreak \begin{tabulary}{11cm}{L} \vspace{-2pt}\large{\bf{\textcolor{DarkBackground}{\textrm{CSS and XPath Selectors Cheat Sheet}}}} \\ \normalsize{by \textcolor{DarkBackground}{Greg Finzer (GregFinzer)} via \textcolor{DarkBackground}{\uline{cheatography.com/15280/cs/48449/}}} \end{tabulary} \end{multicols}} \fancyfoot[L]{ \footnotesize \noindent \begin{multicols}{3} \begin{tabulary}{5.8cm}{LL} \SetRowColor{FootBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{p{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Cheatographer}} \\ \vspace{-2pt}Greg Finzer (GregFinzer) \\ \uline{cheatography.com/gregfinzer} \\ \uline{\seqsplit{github}.com/GregFinzer/} \end{tabulary} \vfill \columnbreak \begin{tabulary}{5.8cm}{L} \SetRowColor{FootBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{p{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Cheat Sheet}} \\ \vspace{-2pt}Published 19th September, 2026.\\ Updated 19th September, 2026.\\ Page {\thepage} of \pageref{LastPage}. \end{tabulary} \vfill \columnbreak \begin{tabulary}{5.8cm}{L} \SetRowColor{FootBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{p{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Sponsor}} \\ \SetRowColor{white} \vspace{-5pt} %\includegraphics[width=48px,height=48px]{dave.jpeg} Measure your website readability!\\ www.readability-score.com \end{tabulary} \end{multicols}} \begin{document} \raggedright \raggedcolumns % Set font size to small. Switch to any value % from this page to resize cheat sheet text: % www.emerson.emory.edu/services/latex/latex_169.html \footnotesize % Small font. \begin{multicols*}{2} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{x{4.56 cm} x{3.44 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{CSS Selector Examples}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} button & Element Selector \tn % Row Count 1 (+ 1) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} button.btn-primary & Button with a class \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 2) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \#myId & Exact match of id \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 1) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} button\#saveButton & Button with an id \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 1) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {[}id*="myId"{]} & Contains the id \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 1) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} .myClass & Has class \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 1) % Row 6 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {[}class*="myClass"{]} & Contains class \tn % Row Count 8 (+ 1) % Row 7 \SetRowColor{white} {[}data-testid="myTestId"{]} & Match attribute \tn % Row Count 10 (+ 2) % Row 8 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {[}data-testid*="myTestId"{]} & Contains attribute \tn % Row Count 12 (+ 2) % Row 9 \SetRowColor{white} td{[}data-testid{\emph{='Customer'{]}{[}data-testid}}='list-item'{]} \textgreater{} div & Contains attribute with child \tn % Row Count 15 (+ 3) % Row 10 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {[}data-testid\textasciicircum{}="save"{]} & Starts with \tn % Row Count 16 (+ 1) % Row 11 \SetRowColor{white} {[}data-testid\$="button"{]} & Ends with \tn % Row Count 18 (+ 2) % Row 12 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} button{[}data-testid="save-button"{]} & Button with attribute \tn % Row Count 20 (+ 2) % Row 13 \SetRowColor{white} \#customerForm input & Id with all descendants \tn % Row Count 22 (+ 2) % Row 14 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} .customer-container input & Class with all descendants \tn % Row Count 24 (+ 2) % Row 15 \SetRowColor{white} {[}data-testid="customer-form"{]} input & Attribute with all descendants \tn % Row Count 26 (+ 2) % Row 16 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \#customerForm \textgreater{} button & Direct child with \textgreater{} \tn % Row Count 28 (+ 2) % Row 17 \SetRowColor{white} \#saveButton + button & Sibling with + \tn % Row Count 29 (+ 1) % Row 18 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \{\{link="https://www.w3schools.com/cssref/css\_selectors.php"\}\}w3schools CSS Selectors\{\{/link\}\} & Reference \tn % Row Count 34 (+ 5) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{x{5.2 cm} x{2.8 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Testing in Chrome Console}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \$("button.btn-primary") & Testing CSS Selector \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 2) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} \$x("//button{[}contains(@class,'myClass'){]}") & Testing XPath Selector \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 2) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Chrome Extensions}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{Ranorex Selecity} \tn % Row Count 1 (+ 1) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{Ortoni Studio} \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 1) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{SelectorsHub} \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 1) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{x{4.48 cm} x{3.52 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{XPath Selector Examples}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} //button & Element selector \tn % Row Count 1 (+ 1) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} //button{[}contains(@class,'btn-primary'){]} & Button with a class \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 2) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} /*{[}@id='myId'{]} & Exact match of id \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 1) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} //button{[}@id='saveButton'{]} & Button with an id \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 2) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} //*{[}contains(@id,'myId'){]} & Contains the id \tn % Row Count 8 (+ 2) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} //*{[}contains(@class,'myClass'){]} & Has class \tn % Row Count 10 (+ 2) % Row 6 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} //*{[}@data-testid='myTestId'{]} & Match attribute \tn % Row Count 12 (+ 2) % Row 7 \SetRowColor{white} //*{[}contains(@data-testid,'myTestId'){]} & Contains attribute \tn % Row Count 14 (+ 2) % Row 8 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} //td{[}contains(@data-testid,'Customer') and contains(@data-testid, 'list-item'){]}/div & Contains attribute with child \tn % Row Count 18 (+ 4) % Row 9 \SetRowColor{white} //*{[}starts-with(@data-testid,'save'){]} & Starts with \tn % Row Count 20 (+ 2) % Row 10 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} //*{[}substring(@data-testid, \seqsplit{string-length(@data-testid)} - \seqsplit{string-length('button')} + 1) = 'button'{]} & Ends with \tn % Row Count 25 (+ 5) % Row 11 \SetRowColor{white} //button{[}@data-testid='save-button'{]} & Button with attribute \tn % Row Count 27 (+ 2) % Row 12 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} //*{[}@id='customerForm'{]}//input & Id with all descendants \tn % Row Count 29 (+ 2) % Row 13 \SetRowColor{white} //*{[}contains(@class,'customer-container'){]}//input & Class with all descendants \tn % Row Count 32 (+ 3) \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \vfill \columnbreak \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{x{4.48 cm} x{3.52 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{XPath Selector Examples (cont)}} \tn % Row 14 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} //*{[}@data-testid='customer-form'{]}//input & Attribute with all descendants \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 2) % Row 15 \SetRowColor{white} //*{[}@id='customerForm'{]}/button & Direct child \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 2) % Row 16 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} //{\emph{{[}@id='saveButton'{]}/following-sibling::}}{[}1{]}{[}self::button{]} & Sibling \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 3) % Row 17 \SetRowColor{white} //button{[}.//span{[}normalize-space(.)='Close Modal'{]}{]} & Button that has span with text \tn % Row Count 11 (+ 4) % Row 18 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} //button{[}contains(normalize-space(.), 'CONTINUE'){]} & Button that has any text inside \tn % Row Count 14 (+ 3) % Row 19 \SetRowColor{white} (//div{[}contains(@class,'list-item'){]}){[}2{]} & Select the second matching div \tn % Row Count 16 (+ 2) % Row 20 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \{\{link="https://www.w3schools.com/xml/xpath\_syntax.asp"\}\}w3schools xPath\{\{/link\}\} & Reference \tn % Row Count 20 (+ 4) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} % That's all folks \end{multicols*} \end{document}