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+Finding Elements
+================
+.. py:currentmodule:: marionette_driver.marionette
+
+One of the most common and yet often most difficult tasks in Marionette is
+finding a DOM element on a webpage or in the chrome UI. Marionette provides
+several different search strategies to use when finding elements. All search
+strategies work with both :func:`~Marionette.find_element` and
+:func:`~Marionette.find_elements`, though some strategies are not implemented
+in chrome scope.
+
+In the event that more than one element is matched by the query,
+:func:`~Marionette.find_element` will only return the first element found. In
+the event that no elements are matched by the query,
+:func:`~Marionette.find_element` will raise `NoSuchElementException` while
+:func:`~Marionette.find_elements` will return an empty list.
+
+Search Strategies
+-----------------
+
+Search strategies are defined in the :class:`By` class::
+
+    from marionette_driver import By
+    print(By.ID)
+
+The strategies are:
+
+* `id` - The easiest way to find an element is to refer to its id directly::
+
+        container = client.find_element(By.ID, 'container')
+
+* `class name` - To find elements belonging to a certain class, use `class name`::
+
+        buttons = client.find_elements(By.CLASS_NAME, 'button')
+
+* `css selector` - It's also possible to find elements using a `css selector`_::
+
+        container_buttons = client.find_elements(By.CSS_SELECTOR, '#container .buttons')
+
+* `name` - Find elements by their name attribute (not implemented in chrome
+  scope)::
+
+        form = client.find_element(By.NAME, 'signup')
+
+* `tag name` - To find all the elements with a given tag, use `tag name`::
+
+        paragraphs = client.find_elements(By.TAG_NAME, 'p')
+
+* `link text` - A convenience strategy for finding link elements by their
+  innerHTML (not implemented in chrome scope)::
+
+        link = client.find_element(By.LINK_TEXT, 'Click me!')
+
+* `partial link text` - Same as `link text` except substrings of the innerHTML
+  are matched (not implemented in chrome scope)::
+
+        link = client.find_element(By.PARTIAL_LINK_TEXT, 'Clic')
+
+* `xpath` - Find elements using an xpath_ query::
+
+        elem = client.find_element(By.XPATH, './/*[@id="foobar"')
+
+.. _css selector: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/Guide/CSS/Getting_Started/Selectors
+.. _xpath: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/XPath
+
+
+
+Chaining Searches
+-----------------
+
+In addition to the methods on the Marionette object, HTMLElement objects also
+provide :func:`~HTMLElement.find_element` and :func:`~HTMLElement.find_elements`
+methods. The difference is that only child nodes of the element will be searched.
+Consider the following html snippet::
+
+    <div id="content">
+        <span id="main"></span>
+    </div>
+    <div id="footer"></div>
+
+Doing the following will work::
+
+    client.find_element(By.ID, 'container').find_element(By.ID, 'main')
+
+But this will raise a `NoSuchElementException`::
+
+    client.find_element(By.ID, 'container').find_element(By.ID, 'footer')