[webdriver] extarcting text from the input field

getText() wont works for getting value from textfield, can use getValue()


you can use like

String valText=new
WebDriverBackedSelenium(driver,driver.getCurrentURL()).getValue("xpath=//*[@id='vo_name']");



Thanks,
Ram

Thanx sriRAm,....your code worked well ..but darrell has given a nice
answer because instead of using RC we can use the webdriver getattribute()
method ri8..

thanx. TC

As pointed out, the getText() method gets the CDATA between the open and
close tag. For example, given <b>text</b> the getText() would get the
"text" string. If you look at the the input tag you should see something
like: <input id="foo" value="text"/>. There is no CDATA and therefore the
getText() will return nothing.

Personally, I choice to use WebDriver and not fall back on Selenium. The
getAttribute() method can be used to get the value of an input tag, e.g.

WebElement we = driver.findElement(By.id("foo"));
String value = we.getAttribute("value");

This works for the example input tag I provided. Obviously, you'd replace
the first line with the line which finds your input element.

Darrell

worked well.. based on ur code i modified it and write it like this

String
name=driver.findElement(By.xpath("//*[@id='vo_name']")).getAttribute("value");
System.out.println(name);

and it worked....i was new to webdriver...so it is taking quite a long time
for learning it through net and posting my doubts in the groups..and i hope
to get the support of people like u..
thanQ

Hello Divya,

if your driver.findElement returns a single element and there is ID
attribute which is unique and static for the page, then why do you need to
use xpath. you can also use

driver.findElement(By.id("YOUR ID")).getAttribute("value"); //It will be
faster as compared to xpath

Thanks
Dibya

Hi Dibyaranjan Kar ,

thanx for ur reply, yeah ,,i have used ID property also...

happy diwali

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