How to get the value from tag using java in Selenium web driver when the Value attribute is generated dynamically

Question

The HTML I am trying to operate on: ``` ``` Java Code: ``` WebElement values=driver.findElement(By.id("GlobalDateTimeText")).getAttribute("Value"); System.out.println(values); ``` Output: Blank

Accepted Answer

To select the input value you'll need to use an xpath selector as using `by.id` will find the select element as they share the same `id` - which is bad practice as they really should be unique. Anyway, try:

```
driver.findElement(By.xpath("//input[@id='GlobalDateTimeText']")).getAttribute(‌​"value");
```

How to get the value from <input> tag using java in Selenium web driver when the Value attribute is generated dynamically

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