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CodeJockey
CodeJockey

Reputation: 433

Cannot get the text of a span element using .getText() on a non-angular page

I'm trying to get the text value of an element <span> but it doesn't return anything with .getText()

`

//spec
var statPage = require('something');

describe('Start', function () {
    describe('Setup', function () {
        it('test quality', function(){
            new statPage().quality();
        });
    });
});


//page object
Sender.prototype.quality = function () {
    browser.ignoreSynchronization = true;
    this.verifyPageUrl();
    this.verifyTabName();
};

Sender.prototype.verifyTabName = function () {
    console.log("inside verifyTabName()");

    var EC = protractor.ExpectedConditions;
    var tab = element(by.css("span.active-tab-head"));

    browser.wait(EC.textToBePresentInElement(tab, 'u4uvpzn4'),     5000).then(function(){
        console.log('inside browser wait');
    });
    tab.getText().then(function(tabFullName) {
        console.log('tab name is : ' + tabFullName);
    });
};

Sender.prototype.verifyPageUrl = function () {
    browser.getCurrentUrl().then(function(text){
        console.log('this is the right page : ' + text);
    });
};

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Upvotes: 1

Views: 504

Answers (3)

CodeJockey
CodeJockey

Reputation: 433

Something weird was happening coz protractor was not even recognizing browser.pause() But, reinstalling protractor fixed the issues!

Upvotes: 0

KCaradonna
KCaradonna

Reputation: 770

You can make your code more dynamic by trying:

var tabName = element(by.css('.tab-head.active-tab-head'));

The only other issue I could think of off-hand is that you may not have any tabs set to .active-tab-head, which would return an empty string.

Upvotes: 0

alecxe
alecxe

Reputation: 473873

The code you've presented, looks correct and, I suspect, there could be a timing issue. Let's use textToBePresentInElement Expected condition and wait for u4uvpzn4 text to be present inside an active tab:

var EC = protractor.ExpectedConditions;
var tab = element(by.css("span.active-tab-head"));

browser.wait(EC.textToBePresentInElement(tab, 'u4uvpzn4'), 5000);
tab.getText().then(function(tabFullName) {
    console.log('tab name is : ' + tabFullName);
});

Upvotes: 1

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