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+module canopy.finders
+
+open OpenQA.Selenium
+open SizSelCsZzz
+
+//have to use the ReadonlyCollection<IWebElement> because thats what selenium uses and it wont cast to seq<IWebElement> or something, and type inference isnt playing nice
+//basically a hack because I dont know a better way
+let findByCss (cssSelector : string) (f : (By -> System.Collections.ObjectModel.ReadOnlyCollection<IWebElement>)) =
+    try
+        f(By.CssSelector(cssSelector)) |> List.ofSeq
+    with | ex -> []
+
+let findBySizzle cssSelector f =
+    try
+        f(BySizzle.CssSelector(cssSelector)) |> List.ofSeq
+    with | ex -> []
+
+let findByJQuery cssSelector f =
+    try
+        f(ByJQuery.CssSelector(cssSelector)) |> List.ofSeq
+    with | ex -> []
+
+let findByXpath xpath f =
+    try
+        f(By.XPath(xpath)) |> List.ofSeq
+    with | ex -> []
+
+let findByLabel locator f =
+    let isInputField (element : IWebElement) =
+        element.TagName = "input" && element.GetAttribute("type") <> "hidden"
+    
+    let isField (element : IWebElement) =
+        element.TagName = "select" || element.TagName = "textarea" || isInputField element
+
+    let firstFollowingField (label : IWebElement) =
+        let followingElements = label.FindElements(By.XPath("./following-sibling::*[1]")) |> Seq.toList
+        match followingElements with
+            | head :: tail when isField head-> [head]
+            | _ -> []
+    try
+        let labels = f(By.XPath(sprintf ".//label[text() = '%s']" locator))
+        if (Seq.isEmpty labels) then
+            []
+        else
+            let (label : IWebElement) = (labels |> List.ofSeq).Head
+            match label.GetAttribute("for") with
+            | null -> firstFollowingField (labels |> List.ofSeq).Head
+            | id -> f(By.Id(id)) |> List.ofSeq
+    with | _ -> []
+
+let findByText text f =
+    try
+        f(By.XPath(sprintf ".//*[text() = '%s']" text)) |> List.ofSeq
+    with | _ -> []
+
+let findByValue value f =
+    try
+        findByCss (sprintf "*[value='%s']" value) f |> List.ofSeq        
+    with | _ -> []
+
+//you can use this as an example to how to extend canopy by creating your own set of finders, tweaking the current collection, or adding/removing
+//(string -> (By -> seq<IWebElement>) -> seq<IWebElement list>)
+let mutable defaultFinders = 
+    (fun cssSelector f ->
+        seq {
+            yield findByCss     cssSelector f
+            yield findByValue   cssSelector f
+            yield findByXpath   cssSelector f
+            yield findByLabel   cssSelector f
+            yield findByText    cssSelector f
+            yield findBySizzle  cssSelector f
+            yield findByJQuery  cssSelector f
+        }
+    )