Selenium getText
getattribute, gettext, java, selenium, selenium-webdriver
Solution
http://selenium.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/docs/api/java/org/openqa/selenium/WebElement.html#getText()
getText() delivers the innerText of a WebElement.
Your input field does not have any inner Text. The text is found inside your value-attribute, hence accessing it via getAttribute("value") is the correct way to do it.
Problem
I want to `getText()` using `By.id` or `By.cssSelector`. I managed to solve my problem by doing `getAttribute("value")`, but I don't understand why `getText()` doesn't work like I expect it, and I might need it so all help is appreciated. Here is the Java code: ``` WebDriverWait wait = new WebDriverWait(driver, 10); Boolean elementIsPresent = wait.until(ExpectedConditions.textToBePresentInElementValue(By.cssSelector("#general_service_name"),"[reg] general_service_name")); // true //WebElement general_service_name = driver.findElement(By.cssSelector("#general_service_name")); WebElement general_service_name = driver.findElement(By.id("general_service_name")); // Display check Boolean isDisplayed; if(general_service_name.isDisplayed()) isDisplayed = new Boolean(true); else isDisplayed = false; //true String text_empty = general_service_name.getText(); //"" String text_with_value = driver.findElement(By.id("general_service_name")).getAttribute("value"); //"[reg] general_service_name" ``` And HTML: ``` <input id="general_service_name" type="text" value="[reg] title" name="general_service_name" style="float:left;"/> ```