Is there another way to get the text from an element if it has no attribute and getText() returns a blank string?

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The element in question is this:

<p class="boxMessage">Invalid credentials entered. Re-enter the required credentials.</p>

So far I've tried both getText() and getAttribute().

Is the element visible? If not, getText() would return nothing, but you can use a solution from [this question](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/13047056/how-to-read-text-from-hidden-element-with-selenium-webdriver) — Alex, Oct 18 '17 at 11:49

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 18 '17 at 11:55

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You can try WebElement.getAttribute("value") or you can also try the innerText attribute that will return the text content of an element.

 element.getAttribute("innerText")

or You can also bring the element into the viewport by scrolling to it

((JavaScriptExecutor)driver).executeScript("arguments[0].scrollIntoView(true);", element);

and then try the getText() .

answered Oct 18 '17 at 11:55

Mudassar

Thank you! element.getAttribute("innerText") worked. – Reez0 Oct 18 '17 at 12:20

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