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Get Web Element Text

The Get Element Text Action Step reads the innerText of an element. It can then be transferred to other Action Steps by means of Pin Variables.

This is how you can copy an e-mail address or other text from a web page, for example, to another application.

Properties

Inbound Variables

Element XPath

Window Title

Outbound Variables

Element Text (string, default: blank) The innerText of the selected element. If the element has no innerText a blank string will be returned.

Wizard

First click on Open Browser Wizard.

Select the desired element by holding the mouse cursor over it. When a blue border appears to frame the desired element, press F2.

The properties of the selected element will be shown in the right-hand side of the pane. In addition to the mandatory XPath you can also select other attributes here which should be used to define the correct element.

Confirm your selection by clicking on the check mark in the top right-hand corner of the browser wizard.