Hello Playwright experts,
I have this input field
<input id="myName" placeholder="e.g. Max" maxlength="15" class="xyz"/>
I have tried this JAVA code:
page.locator("[placeholder=\"e.g. Max\"]").textContent();
It does not work :-( but I can fill
page.locator("[placeholder=\"e.g. Max\"]").fill("Loren"); // this works
Could you help and has an idea?
Thank you in advance.
Cheers Loren
textContext won't return a value of an input. The same will happen if you try that in the DevTools.
You can use inputValue instead.
e.g.
page.locator("#myName").inputValue();
You could also use the imho more generic getAttribute:
page.locator("#myName").getAttribute("placeholder");
Documentation: https://playwright.dev/docs/api/class-locator#locator-get-attribute
In case you want to assert your value you can use the .hasValue assertion. You can read more about it from the playwright docs.
assertThat(page.locator("#myName")).hasValue("input-value");