Getting text value from textbox webdriver java

Question

I need to get the text value from the text box. I tried using gettext() but it gives me empty value. Please suggest how to get the email address value from the text box. Refer the image for html code

Answer 1

When you ask a question insert always your attempts. Don't insert an image to show a code (or html). Prefer insert directly the code. Using your shared infos, the interested web element has as id EmailAddress . So, you could try:

findElement(By.id("EmailAddress")).getText();

Answer 2

Trying using getAttribute : findElement(By.id("EmailAddress")).getAttribute("value")

Based on WebElement getText() docs:

/**
   * Get the visible (i.e. not hidden by CSS) innerText of this element, including sub-elements,
   * without any leading or trailing whitespace.
   *
   * @return The innerText of this element.
   */
  String getText();

Hence, <a name="foo">bar</a> getText() will give you "bar"