How to read text from hidden element with Selenium WebDriver?
hidden-field, java, selenium-webdriver
Solution
EDIT: Oh this works.
String script = "return document.getElementById('hidden_div').innerHTML";
In firefox.
And so does this.
String script = "return arguments[0].innerHTML";
I tried as well but it does not seem to work with pure Javascript. Start the browser with Jquery as mentioned here. How to use JQuery in Selenium? and use following code for script.
String script = "return $('#hidden_div').text();";
This works.
Problem
I'm trying to read the example String `1000` out of a hidden `<div>` like this: ``` <div id="hidden_div" style="visibility:hidden">1000</div> ``` I am aware that `WebElement.getText()` does not work on hidden elements in Selenium 2 (WebDriver), so I searched for solutions (like this one) and apparently the following code should work: ``` WebElement hiddenDiv = seleniumDriver.findElement(By.id("hidden_div")); String n = hiddenDiv.getText(); // does not work (returns "" as expected) String script = "return arguments[0].innerText"; n = (String) ((JavascriptExecutor) driver).executeScript(script, hiddenDiv); ``` But it doesn't work for me, the variable `n` always ends up as `null`. What am I doing wrong?