Pupperteer-sharp Get innerText of Clicked element

Question

How do I get the inner text of an element that has been click?

string xplast = "//button[@id='test']";
IElementHandle last = await ((IPage)page).WaitForXPathAsync(xplast);
await last.FocusAsync();
await last.ClickAsync();
string innertext = (await last.GetInnerTextFromElement()).ToString()

is there a way to do something like this? string innertext = (await last.GetInnerTextFromElement()).ToString()

Doesn't the code for the previous question/answer work here as well e.g. `var text = (await last.GetPropertyAsync("innerText")).RemoteObject.Value.ToString());`? — Martin Honnen, Jan 18 '23 at 17:34
Hi Martin, sorry yes, I realized later that it's kind of same. Sometime this is just too confusing, and even it's the same answer, I just did not realize that, Sorry for this — PeterSchwennesen, Jan 24 '23 at 08:32

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Jan 18 '23 at 18:11

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I have now tested that var text = (await last.GetPropertyAsync("innerText")).RemoteObject.Value.ToString(); works fine, at least here on Windows.

answered Jan 18 '23 at 18:11

Martin Honnen

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 25 '23 at 01:24

If you'd prefer a strongly typed experience then PuppeteerSharp.Dom provides a set of extensions to PuppeteerSharp.

Install PuppeteerSharp.Dom from Nuget.org then you can use the strongly typed extensions.

// Add using PuppeteerSharp.Dom; to access WaitForXPathAsync<T>

string xplast = "//button[@id='test']";
var last = await page.WaitForXPathAsync<HtmlButtonElement>(xplast);
await last.FocusAsync();
await last.ClickAsync();
var innerText = await last.GetInnerTextAsync();

Pupperteer-sharp Get innerText of Clicked element

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