seleniumPipes (version 0.3.7)

getElementText: Returns the visible text for the element.

Description

getElementText Returns the visible text for the element.

Usage

getElementText(webElem, ...)

Arguments

webElem

An object of class "wElement". A web Element object see wbElement.

...

Additonal function arguments - Currently passes the retry argument.

Value

The visible text for an element is returned as a character string.

See Also

Other elementState functions: getElementAttribute, getElementCssValue, getElementProperty, getElementRect, getElementTagName, isElementEnabled, isElementSelected

Examples

## Not run: 
#   remDr <- remoteDr()
#   remDr %>% go("http://www.google.com/ncr")
# 
#   # select the search box
#   searchElem <- remDr %>% findElement("name", "q")
# 
#   # get the name of our element
#   searchElem %>% getElementAttribute("name")
# 
#   # get the css background-color
#   searchElem %>% getElementCssValue("background-color")
#   blueScript <- "arguments[0].style.backgroundColor = 'blue';"
#   remDr %>% executeScript(blueScript, list(searchElem))
#   searchElem %>% getElementCssValue("background-color")
# 
#   # get the javascript property
#   # searchElem %>% getElementProperty("backgroundColor")
# 
#   # get dimensions
#   searchElem %>% getElementRect
# 
#   searchElem %>% getElementTagName
# 
#   # get some text and return it
#   remDr %>% go("http://r-project.org")
#   remDr %>% findElement("css", "h1") %>% getElementText
# 
#   # close browser
#   remDr %>% deleteSession
# ## End(Not run)