Unable to get text from html element for Selenium Java

Question

I am using selenium with Java. I am unable to get text from html element that is a combobox. Every time I am getting blank text for the selected value in combobox.

Below is my html structure for combobox.

<ul id="servicetype-cave" class="z-combobox-content" style="height: auto;     width: auto;">
    <li id="zk_comp_140" class="z-comboitem">
    <li id="zk_comp_141" class="z-comboitem">
    <li id="zk_comp_142" class="z-comboitem">
    <li id="zk_comp_143" class="z-comboitem">
    <li id="zk_comp_144" class="z-comboitem z-comboitem-selected">
        <span class="z-comboitem-image"/>
        <span class="z-comboitem-text">Bill Grouping Service</span>
    </li>
    <li id="zk_comp_145" class="z-comboitem">
    <li id="zk_comp_146" class="z-comboitem">
    <li id="zk_comp_147" class="z-comboitem">
    <li id="zk_comp_148" class="z-comboitem">
    <li id="zk_comp_149" class="z-comboitem">
    <li id="zk_comp_150" class="z-comboitem">
</ul>

I have used below xpath for the element

@FindBy(xpath = "//ul[@id='servicetype-cave']/li[contains(@class,'z-comboitem-selected')]/span[@class='z-comboitem-text']")
public WebElement selectedServiceName;

public void selectService {
// Selecting an option from dropdown
WebElement tempEle = driver.findElement(By.xpath("(//div[@id='servicetype-pp']//span[2])[3]"));
commonFunctions.clickElement(tempEle);
String strtemp = selectedServiceName.getText();
System.out.println("Selected Service: " + strtemp);
}

Please help.

TIA.

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Andersson
– Andersson

2016-08-02 13:41:11 +00:00
Commented Aug 2, 2016 at 13:41 — Andersson
– Andersson, Commented Aug 2, 2016 at 13:41
@Andersson: I have updated the question.

Bhargav Raval
– Bhargav Raval

2016-08-02 13:49:02 +00:00
Commented Aug 2, 2016 at 13:49 — Bhargav Raval
– Bhargav Raval, Commented Aug 2, 2016 at 13:49

Saurabh Gaur · Accepted Answer · 2016-08-02 13:54:54Z

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I'm suggesting you try using By.cssSelector() as below :-

WebElement el = driver.findElement(By.cssSelector("ul#servicetype-cave li.z-comboitem-selected span.z-comboitem-text"));

or

WebElement el = driver.findElement(By.cssSelector("ul#servicetype-cave li.z-comboitem.z-comboitem-selected span:nth-child(2)"));

Now use .getText() to getting the text as below :

el.getText();

If unfortunately .getText() does not work try using .getAttribute("textContent") as below :

el.getAttribute("textContent");

or try using .getAttribute("innerHTML") as below :

el.getAttribute("innerHTML");

Hope it works..:)

edited Aug 2, 2016 at 13:54

answered Aug 2, 2016 at 13:44

Saurabh Gaur

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Bhargav Raval Over a year ago

Treid with getAttribute("textContent"). It worked perfectly fine.

Saurabh Gaur Over a year ago

@BhargavRaval it's may be designing issue that's why you are not getting by using .getText()...:)

Bhargav Raval Over a year ago

Okkay. Cool. Thanks very much Buddy. Accepted... :)

Rudziankoŭ · Accepted Answer · 2016-08-02 13:59:55Z

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@FindBy is eager internalization. That means it initializes when Page object creates. You should get value of combo-box after some preconditions, I assume. So make it use lazy initialization. Invoke following code just in place where you actually need it

findElement(By.xpath("//ul[@id='servicetype-cave']/li[contains(@class,'z-comboitem-selected')]/span[@class='z-comboitem-text']"));

answered Aug 2, 2016 at 13:59

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