How to getText from a disabled input field in Selenium Java

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How can I get text from a disabled input field in Selenium Java?

Below is the HTML tag.

<input id="endDate" class="ng-pristine ng-untouched ng-valid ng-valid-maxlength" data-ng-disabled="dateRange!=='Cm'" size="10" maxlength="10" data-ng-model="endDate" validate-date="" name="endDate" disabled=""/>

I'm looking for Selenium Java code to get the text value from that disabled input field.

I tried getAttribute("disabled"). But it is returning true. I tried WebElement.getAttribute("id"), but it is returning null value. None of it worked.

The value of that field will be generated dynamically. For example, if I select today the values will be populated as SYSDATE. For the yesterday value will be SYSDATE-1.

Have a look at this topic, as it looks like the same problem : stackoverflow.com/questions/11429070/… — Arnaud
– Arnaud, Commented Dec 11, 2015 at 9:29

Peter Mortensen · Accepted Answer · 2020-12-20 22:17:05Z

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Try:

webElement.findElement(By.cssSelector("#endDate")).getAttribute("value")

Or:

webElement.findElement(By.cssSelector("#endDate")).getText()

You have to try it out. It depends on your special case. If these variants don't work, check if your selectors are correct.

If all of them didn't work, try to get the value over angular.element as below:

return (String) ((JavascriptExecutor) this.webDriver).executeScript("angular.element($('#endDate')).text()");

edited Dec 20, 2020 at 22:17

Peter Mortensen

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answered Dec 11, 2015 at 10:47

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