Sometimes it is needed to get the Value attribute instead of the text attribute (i.e combo-boxes, numeric values, and others).
In that scenario the right functions to use are GetValue ones, using different locators (control name, id, name, CSS or XPath) as follows:
Gets the value of a control
Parameters
- ControlName: name of the control to retrieve the value
Example
&driver.GetValue("btn_enter")
&driver.GetValue("CustomerId")
Gets the value of a control inside a grid
Parameters
- ControlName: name of the control to retrieve the value
- Row: row number to locate the control inside the grid
Example
&driver.GetValue("btn_enter", 2)
&driver.GetValue("CustomerId", 1)
Gets the value from an HTML element using its ID.
Returns: The value of the selected element.
Parameters:
- ID: the HTML element ID .
Example of use:
&val1 = &driver.GetValueById("InvoiceTotal")
Gets the value from an HTML element using its 'name' attribute.
Returns: The value of the selected element.
Parameters:
- Name: the value of the NAME attribute of the element.
Example of use:
&val1 = &driver.GetValueByName("vat_total")
Gets the value from an HTML element using a CSS selector.
Returns: The value of the selected element.
Parameters:
- CSS: the CSS selector to the element.
Example of use:
&val2 = &driver.GetValueByCSS("#vVAR1")
Gets the value from an HTML element using an XPath selector.
Returns: The value of the selected element.
Parameters:
- XPath: the XPath selector to the element.
Example of use:
&text_area_value = &driver.GetValueByXPath("//textarea[@id='vVAR1']")