How to gettext() of an element in Selenium Webdriver
java, selenium, selenium-webdriver
Solution
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"));
Problem
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] ```