CODEWITHSUNDEEP
javaseleniumselenium-webdriver
Santhosh Siddappa
Santhosh Siddappa

Reputation: 718

How to gettext() of an element in Selenium Webdriver

I am finding a textbox by its ID. I need to get the content which is already there inside the text box. For that I am using the gettext() method, but it is returning the ID value.

The content in the text box is: Santhosh

The output I am getting is = [[FirefoxDriver: firefox on XP (c0079327-7063-4908-b20a-a606b95830cb)] -> id: ctl00_ContentPlaceHolder1_txtName]

The code is below

Code

WebElement TxtBoxContent = driver.findElement(By.id(WebelementID));
TxtBoxContent.getText();
System.out.println("Printing " + TxtBoxContent);

Result

Printing [[FirefoxDriver: firefox on XP (c0079327-7063-4908-b20a-a606b95830cb)] -> id: ctl00_ContentPlaceHolder1_txtName]

Upvotes: 12

Views: 140760

Answers (4)

Shubham Jain
Shubham Jain

Reputation: 17553

Python

element.text

Java

element.getText()

C#

element.Text

Ruby

element.text

Upvotes: 0

Sags
Sags

Reputation: 41

You need to store it in a String variable first before displaying it like so:

String Txt = TxtBoxContent.getText();
System.out.println(Txt);

Upvotes: 4

Richard
Richard

Reputation: 9019

You need to print the result of the getText(). You're currently printing the object TxtBoxContent.

getText() will only get the inner text of an element. To get the value, you need to use getAttribute().

WebElement TxtBoxContent = driver.findElement(By.id(WebelementID));
System.out.println("Printing " + TxtBoxContent.getAttribute("value"));

Upvotes: 14

Dipti Bhushetty
Dipti Bhushetty

Reputation: 41

text = driver.findElement(By.id('p_id')).getAttribute("innerHTML");

Upvotes: 4

Related Questions