Setting input textbox text and then retrieving it in Specflow & Selenium

Question

Could someone explain to me why in the following .Net Specflow code if my textboxElement's text is empty, then I send keys to it, why is text still empty? (when on screen the textbox's text changes):

textboxElement.SendKeys("John Smith");
var text = textboxElement.Text;
// text == ""

Is it not possible to "refresh" the value of an element? (or have I just missed something really obvious :-))

You'll want to use textBoxElement.GetAttribute("value");. It's an input element. input elements don't usually store their displayed text like other elements, but rather in their value properties. — Arran
– Arran, Commented Jun 3, 2014 at 14:23

Arran · Accepted Answer · 2014-06-03 18:10:42Z

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Since it's an input element, you'll need to get it's value property as opposed to it's text.

So:

textBoxElement.GetAttribute("value");

answered Jun 3, 2014 at 18:10

Arran

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