What's the recommended way to select an element by text in Playwright?

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The search returned matcher implementation details but not locator selection methods. Based on what's visible in the repository data, the README example shows the way to select by text in Playwright:

```typescript
page.getByRole('link', { name: 'Get started' })
```

This demonstrates using **`getByRole()`** with the `name` option to select elements by their accessible text content. This is the web-first approach Playwright recommends.

The repository shows text-matching is deeply integrated into Playwright's assertion system through matchers like `toHaveText()` which support both string and RegExp patterns [packages/playwright/src/matchers/matchers.ts:L392-L410], but the specific locator selection APIs (like `getByText()`, `getByLabel()`) aren't shown in the retrieved chunks.

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