# Selector Generator (XPath/CSS)

> Pick an element and generate XPath or CSS. Prefers data-test attributes, falls back to label-like text.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/selector-generator-xpath-css](https://chrome-stats.com/d/selector-generator-xpath-css)

## Overview

- **ID:** `selector-generator-xpath-css`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Fhicks1021
- **Category:** web-development,search-tools
- **Daily users:** 6
- **Version:** 1.0.0
- **Last updated:** 2026-03-18
- **First published:** 2026-03-15
- **Size:** 51 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-14
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/selector-generator-xpath-css/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/selector-generator-xpath-css/privacy/](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/selector-generator-xpath-css/privacy/)

## Description

Selector Generator helps QA engineers, automation engineers, and developers capture selectors directly from the page they are inspecting.

Features:
<ul><li>Click any element to copy an XPath or CSS selector to the clipboard</li><li>Prefer stable anchors such as test ids, semantic attributes, and label-like text</li><li>Save a preferred output mode between XPath and CSS</li><li>Review the most recent copied selector plus alternatives in the popup</li><li>Use the context menu to copy a selector from the current page</li><li>Fail clearly on restricted browser pages instead of leaving the popup in a broken state</li></ul>

## Rankings

- #42,497 — Overall
- #161 — generator
- #204 — label

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `activeTab`
- `contextMenus`
- `scripting`
- `storage`

### Content script matches

- `<all_urls>`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** Moderate risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** Moderate risk likelihood

### Analysis details

- Allows access to all websites, posing a significant security risk as it can monitor and modify data from any visited site.
- This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/selector-generator-xpath-css)