Get Element text
Get Element text
Reads and returns an element's visible text from the browser's page. It works three ways: by CSS selector in the browser, on an element already captured, or on an item from a list of elements.
Use the Roberty Automation browser extension to capture an element's CSS selector in one click.
Options
Select the action
Where the element comes from.
An element in the browser
Reads the element's text using a CSS selector.
Browser or page ID
The browser, tab or iframe opening action the element is in.
Element selector
The CSS selector identifying the element on the page, span#total for example.
An element already selected
Reads the text of an element captured earlier by a Get element action.
Element ID
The action that captured the element whose text is read.
One item from a selection of multiple elements
Reads the text of an element from a list captured by a Get elements action.
Elements list id
The action that captured the source list.
Enter the index of the list
The element's position in the list. The index starts at 0.
Returns
Javascript code
actions["action-id"].value // the element's visible text (Text)
Field selection
- value — the visible text taken from the element, with no HTML markup (Text)
Rules and conditions
- Select the action has to be set before the other fields.
- In An element in the browser mode, Browser or page ID and Element selector are both required.
- What comes back is the element's visible content, with no HTML markup.
- If the element is not found on the page, the action ends in an error.
- If the element is there but has no text, the return is empty.