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Core Step verifyElementText

Description

This step verifies whether the HTML element specified by htmlId or type and optional name encloses text between its opening and closing tags.

Parameters

text
Required? yes
The text value to verify against.
description
Required? no
The description of this test step.
htmlId
Required? yes/no
The HTML htmlId of the element. One of 'htmlId' or 'type' must be set.
name
Required? no
The name of the element, i.e. the value of the 'name' attribute. Ignored if using 'htmlId'.
regex
Required? no, default is 'false'
Specifies whether the text value represents a regular expression.
type
Required? yes/no
The HTML element (tag) name. One of 'htmlId' or 'type' must be set.

Details

verifyElementText example
<webtest name="Check freetext entry">
  <config ... />
  <steps>
    <invoke ... />
    <verifyElementText
      description="Checks for the existence of an TEXTAREA element named FreetextComment enclosing TEST"
      type="TEXTAREA"
      name="FreetextComment"
      text="TEST" />
    ...
  </steps>
</webtest>

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