Getting current text of input field using Selenium

Question

Let's say I have this input element:

<input id="email" value="[email protected]">

I execute this piece of code:

var emailInputField = driver.FindElement(By.Id(email));
var email = emailInputField.GetAttribute("value");
emailInputField .InputField.Clear();
var empty = emailInputField.GetAttribute("value");

I would expect variable empty to be empty but it contains same text as email since I cleared the text. I realize that value attribute doesn't get synchronized with entered text, so my question is, how do I find out what text currently is in the text box?

Cathal · Accepted Answer · 2015-07-16 11:08:08Z

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Because you have already selected the element and assigned emailInputField to it then empty is going to refer to that. If you re-assign emailInputField after the clear and then get the value it should be empty. So :

var emailInputField = driver.FindElement(By.Id(email));
var email = emailInputField.GetAttribute("value");
emailInputField .InputField.Clear();
var empty = driver.FindElement(By.Id(email)).GetAttribute("value");

answered Jul 16, 2015 at 11:08

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Vishal Jagtap · Accepted Answer · 2015-07-16 10:54:52Z

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var emailInputField = driver.FindElement(By.Id(email));
var email = emailInputField.GetAttribute("value");
emailInputField.InputField.Clear();
var empty = emailInputField.GetAttribute("value");

In 3rd line your making mistake, try above one

answered Jul 16, 2015 at 10:54

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user1242967 Over a year ago

Sorry, I made mistake while writing this example. I edited the original post.

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