Selenese – Selenium Commands: Actions, Asserts, Accessors

What is Selenese?

Selenese is the command language used by Selenium IDE, made up of commands that fall into three categories.

Actions

Perform operations on the browser or elements — like click, type, or open — and generally cause some change of state.

Assertions

Verify that the application is in the expected state, e.g. assertTitle or assertText, causing the test to fail immediately if the condition doesn't hold.

Accessors

Read and store a value from the page (like storeTitle) for later use in the test, without asserting anything directly.